Hello TharkunColl There are several definitions of the word moot The meaning that I was refering to is listee below 2 of little or no practical value or meaning purely academic There is no effective difference between the terms Commonwealth Realm and Commonwealth realm No country has adopted Realm as apart of their offical long form name The closest invoked use of the term is the Realm of New Zealand The term was adopted via a Royal Letters Patent issued by the Government of New Zealand in 1983 However this was NOT an Act of Parliamment of New Zealand or Great Britain and Northern Ireland nor was it a Royal Proclaimation of New Zealand or Great Britain and Northern Ireland The effect an offical change of the long form name of a country within the British Commonwealth of Nations the following Order of Predecence of the ranking highest ot lowest of legislative instruments has been traditionally layed out as follows Royal Proclaimations HIGHEST RANK Acts of Parliament i e a Statute Royal Letters Patent Royal Warrants Orders in Council i e Cabinet Dcouments Private Communications LOWEST RANK The Dominion Parliaments post the Statute of Westminster 1931 have sole authority to change the long form name of their respective countries To do so requires a legisltaive instrument of rank of an Act of Parliament and perhaps an accompanying Royal Proclaimation Some examples of the countries that have exercised this right are as follows Union of South Africa 1910 changed to Republic of South Africa 1961 Irish Free State 1921 changed to Republic of Ireland 1949 Dominion of India 1947 changed to Republic of India 1950 Dominion of Pakistan 1947 changed to Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1956 The Colony of New Zealand offically became the Dominion of New Zealand iva a Royal Proclaimation issued by the Parliament of the United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern Ireland on September 9 1907 and coming in force on September 26 1907 Like it or not the offical long form name is still the Dominion of New Zealand or the Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies and its un offical short form name its New Zealand or New Zealand and its Dependencies In short their is NO Realm of New Zealand NOR Commonwealth Realm of New Zealand there is ONLY Dominion of New Zealand Bickering over weither one should have Commonwealth Realm or Commonwealth realm is futile and fruitless There is NO DIFFERENCE between the terms