Commonwealth of Nations 英联邦
（重定向自British Commonwealth of Nations）
![Map highlighting the member states of the Commonwealth (dark blue)](/Images/godic/202501/01/Commonwealth_of_Nations.svg3533.png")
![The prime ministers of five members at the 1944 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference. (L-R) Mackenzie King (Canada); Jan Smuts (South Africa); Winston Churchill (United Kingdom); Peter Fraser (New Zealand); John Curtin (Australia)](/Images/godic/202501/01/CommonwealthPrimeMinisters19443533.jpg")
![Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth](/Images/godic/202501/01/Elizabeth_II,_Buckingham_Palace,_07_Mar_20063533.jpeg")
![Marlborough House, London, the headquarters of the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Commonwealth's principal intergovernmental institution](/Images/godic/202501/01/Marlborough_House3533.jpg")
The Commonwealth of Nations, or the Commonwealth (formerly the British Commonwealth), is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that were mostly territories of the former British Empire. The Commonwealth operates by intergovernmental consensus of the member states, organised through the Commonwealth Secretariat, and non-governmental organisations, organised through the Commonwealth Foundation.