The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire which includes Australia, Canada, Malaysia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Zambia, etc.
The purpose of the voluntary Commonwealth is for international cooperation and to advance economics, social development, and human rights in member countries. The decisions of the various Commonwealth councils are non-binding in nature. Currently Britain has huge overseas investments, both government and private in the Commonwealth.