International and Domestic Aspects
Sixteen states within the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations are known as Commonwealth realms and Antigua and Barbuda 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 implications
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