Answer: commonwealths

AnswerCrossword Clue
COMMONWEALTHSPennsylvania et al.
commonwealthsCOMMONWEALTH, the public or whole body of the people
commonwealthsAn international association consisting of the UK together with states that were previously part of the British Empire, and dependencies. The British monarch is the symbolic head of the Commonwealth
commonwealthsThe general good
commonwealthsThe republican period of government in Britain between the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the Restoration of Charles II in 1660
commonwealthsA formal title of some of the states of the US, esp. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
commonwealthsAn aggregate or grouping of countries or other bodies
commonwealthsA self-governing unit voluntarily grouped with the US, such as Puerto Rico
commonwealthsAn independent country or community, esp. a democratic republic
commonwealthsThe title of the federated Australian states
commonwealthsA community or organization of shared interests in a nonpolitical field