I know we have Canada and Australia still, but how many other countries do we still have!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Only other 'british land' and other than in the British Isles is the tiny island of Gibraltor!. Canada and Australia are part of the Commonwealth which is very different from 'Empire' as they all have independent legislatures !. The only connection is the Queen is the ceremonial monarch!. The total land covered by the commonwealth is 31,462,574 square kilometres compared to 9,629,091 square km for the USA so over 3 times bigger but this isn't land 'owned' by Britain!.Www@QuestionHome@Com cannot name them all ,but i think it is about 90nations!.still a mighty empire!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I think our subjects in the colonies prefer the term 'Commonwealth' to Empire!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The PC term for empire is now commonwealth!. I beileve South Africa is still a part and quite a few carribean nations!. Both Australia and NZ are taking steps towards republicism!.Www@QuestionHome@Com there is no British Empire anymore!. There are a number of former colonies in the Commonwealth (about 30 I believe)!. Thelargest of these are: Canada, Australia, IndiaWww@QuestionHome@Com England does still semi-control Canada and Australia and they have other countries that they aid but do not control!. Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are 3 of them, and I believe South Africa gets help from England, too!. However, there is no British Empire anymore!. There hasn't been since the early 1900's!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Wikipedia has some pretty good stuff on the overseas territories that could still be considered part of the "British Empire"!. Places like Bermuda, Turks and Caicos, Gibraltar, Pitcairn, Cayman, St Helena, the Falklands etc!. They're all small islands with small populations that would have a really hard time standing on their own as a country and therefore have varying degrees of independence but are still citizens of and subject to the government of the United Kingdom (including parliament, the courts, and the monarch)!. There are also what are called "Crown Dependancies" such as the Isle of Man, Jersey, and Guernsey which are old fiefs of the British Crown dating back hundreds of years which are not actually part of the United Kingdom!. There of course are matters regarding these places which the government of the UK is responsible for, but in large part they are considered stand alone "countries"!. When it comes to countries like Canada or Australia though, there is one thing that needs to be made very clear; they are not part of the "British Empire" any longer!. The UK parliament, the UK courts, the UK military etc have absolutely zero authority in these countries that are properly called "Commonwealth Realms"!. The only institution of government that is shared is the monarch and although it might not be openly acknowledged this way, legally, in Canada for example, Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of Canada who also happens to hold a few other Crowns as well!. The same holds true in Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, Belize, the Bahamas, Antigua, Grenada, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, the Solomons, and Tuvalu!. Beyond that there are numerous other countries like India, Pakistan, Malaysia etc which remain part of the Commonwealth which keeps a lot of the old British Empire diplomatic doors open (for example one country's embassy watching out for another's in certain foriegn countries like how Australian diplomats watch out for Canadians in S!.E!. Asian countries Canada doesn't deal with that much) Still there is no formal authority existing there and can hardly count as being a part of the "British Empire"Www@QuestionHome@Com |