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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The empire never had Scotland. Scotland joined independently, Ireland was colonized by the Scottish under orders of the empire.

The only territory currently in the UK that the empire took was Wales.