British Dominions

[greenday]

In how many countries is the British monarch the head of state? Which countries are these?

[Flurfl]

Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St Christopher and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and the United Kingdom.

[Grunty]

... and the Isle of Man, which is a British Protectorate and not part of the UK.

[Flurfl]

True, the Isle of Man is not part of the UK but it's not an independent country either.

It's a Crown Dependency the same as Jersey and Guernsey. I don't think it's ever been a protectorate, at lesst not of the British Crown.

There are also the the Overseas territories : Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena (Ascension & Tristan da Cunha), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands. As well as the Soveriegn Base Area on Cyprus which is also a territory but functions a little differently to the others.

[greenday]

Some really nice answers. I knew there were about 15 such places, so I'll take Flurfl's first answer as the one I'm looking for.