Definitions (2)
1. Non-political, loose, and voluntary association of sovereign states, such as the British Commonwealth whose members are now-independent former British colonies, and which has no charter or constitution.
2. Political union in which a state with local autonomy (such as Puerto Rico) voluntarily accepts the sovereignty of another state (the United States) over its own.
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