International and Domestic Aspects
Sixteen states within the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations are known as Commonwealth realms and Belize is one of these. Despite sharing the same person as their respective national monarch, each of the Commonwealth realms is sovereign and independent of the others.
See also: Commonwealth realm: Constitutional implicationsRead more about this topic: Monarchy Of Belize
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