What is all about this thing called commonwealth countries? i hear Queen Elizabeth II is coming to Uganda. by the way do you know the meaning of commonwealth? The term literally meant "common well-being". Commonwealth originally meant a state or nation-state governed for the common good as opposed to an authoritarian state governed for the benefit of a given class of owners (//en.wikipedia.org).

Commonwealth of Nations

Is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states, most of which are former British colonies (the exceptions being the United Kingdom itself and Mozambique).