Weal [weel] n, 1.

Well-being,
prosperity, or happiness. 2.
A raised mark on the surface
of the body produced by a
blow. 3. (Obsolete :) the
state or body politic.
Example: Our difference of
opinion amounts to this, that
you make the mainspring
self-interest, while I suppose
that interest in the common
weal is bound to exist in
every man of a certain age of
achievement.