Commonwealth

A commonwealth is a group of people or of groups with a common aim to improve themselves, help each other and share knowledge and resources.

The word can refer to several organisations:

 The Commonwealth of Nations, the countries linked with the United Kingdom usually speaking English
 The Commonwealth of Independent States was the collection of countries which were part of the Soviet Union

It is also part of the official name of some countries
 The Commonwealth of Australia

or part of the official name of some US states and territories
 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 The Commonwealth of Virginia
 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 The Commonwealth of Kentucky
 The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

In history the Commonwealth of England was the name of England between 1649 and 1660, when England had no king.