Commonwealth Games

The opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games kicks off Wednesday night with a gala event along Melbourne's Yarra River. Event planners have been quite active preparing the city for the event, largely in an attempt to assist tourists in parting with their money.

As a citizen of a nation that sent the Brits packing back in teh 18th century, I'm a bit ignorant on the whole Commonwealth thing. So here's a bit more. And here's a list of member countries:

Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Botswana
Brunei
Cameroon
Canada
Cyprus
Dominica
Fiji
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guyana
India
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tanzania
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Kingdom
Vanuatu
Zambia