[wankeler]

I’m not necessarily disagreeing with your characterisation of different outcomes based on size / density and sophistication of pre-colonial populations, but you are factually wrong on commonwealth membership:

Africa

Botswana Cameroon Gambia, The Ghana Kenya Kingdom of eSwatini Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia

Asia

Bangladesh Brunei Darussalam India Malaysia Maldives Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka

Caribbean and Americas

Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas, The Barbados Belize Canada Dominica Grenada Guyana Jamaica Saint Lucia St Kitts and Nevis St Vincent and The Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago

Europe

Cyprus Malta United Kingdom

Pacific

Australia Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

[xab31]

Thanks very much for that correction. I have no idea how I got the idea that the Commonwealth is so much smaller than it is.

So I retract the points I made based on that false assertion.