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AFD_0 t1_j0gz51f wrote

50? Our Commonwealth is a state, but not all states are Commonwealths.

Our official state seal is called the "Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania", while itself stating "Seal of the State of Pennsylvania". Our early state constitution also used both terms.

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jimmyrocks t1_j0h557e wrote

And not all "Commonwealths" are states, like Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands.

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ScrappleOnToast OP t1_j0h1ivh wrote

Right. There’s just been a lot of folks saying “we’re not a state, we’re a commonwealth”, which I find really bizarre.

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Perlin-Davenport t1_j0i8mjp wrote

Looking at nonprofits like UPMC I'm not sure I can call this a Commonwealth.... more like "uncommon wealth for some" and much more "common unwealth for others"...

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