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nephalemfilms.com/themyth.html
TL;DR Common wealth countries under the Queens rule were 'let go', and we were supposed to confederate under a constitution of their own making.
Canada didn't.
Technically, right now, each Provence is its own country. SO IF WE EVER GOT ANNEXED COUGHCOUGH WE WOULD BE PROTECTED BY THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION.