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England is a part of the BRITISH EMPIRE.Thus my precise designation. Scotland is currently part of the British Empire; although the question of independence is often raised and voted upon.
The only other area, other than in the British Isles, is the tiny island of Gibraltar.
This is not to be confused with the "Commonwealth." That designation includes other geographical locals.

The Clearances, both the Highland Clearances and the lesser known LowLand Clearances, were done on the orders of the British Crown. It may well have been carried out by their representatives, appointed Landowners both present and absentee, in Scotland, but the orders for the action originated in England on orders of the Crown.

Thank you.

As an actual Scotsman, and a history graduate and occasional lecturer, I had no idea of all this.

sarc

To avoid more sarcasm and meet your points, I know all the history, for the reasons given earlier.

My point was that it is very easy to blame ‘the English’ for ills committed by Scots working on the orders of the Crown. In other words, blame an entire people for actions ordered by one man and carried out by Scots. Blaming the English or ‘the British’ (an identification which Americans usually get wrong) is lazy history.

And that Crown, btw, was one with Scottish roots itself. The Hanoverians sat on the throne because of George I being the Protestant German cousin of the Scottish Stuart dynasty (1603-1649, 1660-1714), as he was the grandson of Princess Elizabeth, a Scottish princess who was the daughter of James I.

As to ‘England’ and ‘Britain’, I posted what I did because most people outside the UK wrongly equate England and UK/Great Britain/Britain to be exactly the same. The latter names being just other names for England. And that of course is not correct.