57 countries<span> consider themselves a part of the British Commonwealth.
</span>Africa: Botswana, Cameroon, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia Asia: Bangladesh, Brunei DarussaIam , India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka
Caribbean and America: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St Kitts, Saint Nevis,Saint Vincent, and The Grenadines, Trinidad, Tobago Europe: Cyprus, Malta, United Kingdom Pacific: Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
It was ratified on "March 1, 1781", they had to be replaced by the Constitution post the "Constitutional Convention in 1787". The constitution came to effect by replacing the articles in 1789, as the articles had a number of weaknesses as they gave states too much power, specifically more than the federal government
