Scotland () is a nation in northwest Europe and a constituent country of the United Kingdom. The country occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain, shares a land border to the south with England, and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the southwest. Apart from the mainland, Scotland consists of over 790 islands.

The capital, Edinburgh, is one of Europe's largest financial centres. Scottish waters consist of a large sector Image showing 1999 Scottish Fishing and Territorial Waters www.opsi.gov.uk of the North Atlantic and the North Sea, containing the largest oil reserves in the European Union.

The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent state until 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union resulted in a political union with the Kingdom of England to create the Kingdom of Great Britain. Scotland continues to constitute a separate jurisdiction in public international law and private international law pdf file "For the purposes of the English conflict of laws, every country in the world which is not part of England and Wales is a foreign country and its foreign laws. This means that not only totally foreign independent countries such as France or Russia... are foreign countries but also British Colonies such as the Falkland Islands. Moreover, the other parts of the United Kingdom - Scotland and Northern Ireland - are foreign countries for present purposes, as are the other British Islands, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey." Conflict of Laws, JG Collier, Fellow of Trinity Hall and lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge. Scots law, the Scottish education system and the Church of Scotland have been three cornerstones contributing to the continuation of Scottish culture and Scottish national identity since the Union. Scotland is not, however, a sovereign state and enjoys neither direct membership of the United Nations nor the European Union.

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@mcvane I'll happily concede that English-centric conceptions of the conditions in Scotland & Ireland are skewed & insulting.
MagdalenB (MagdalenB) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:03:48 -0000
@mcvane I'll happily concede that English-centric conceptions of the conditions in Scotland & Ireland are skewed & insulting.
When in Scotland, Ireland or Wales, discuss the results of the 1966 world cup with the locals, its a favourite! #tipsforukvisit
BigDaddyKeltik (Keltik) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:02:17 -0000
When in Scotland, Ireland or Wales, discuss the results of the 1966 world cup with the locals, its a favourite! #tipsforukvisit
@MagdalenB You're talking to someone whose country has many romances set in. Scotland is a place where quite a few died at any time. So it
mcvane (mcvane) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:01:58 -0000
@MagdalenB You're talking to someone whose country has many romances set in. Scotland is a place where quite a few died at any time. So it
Junior .Net Developer job in Scotland at Hays IT http://bit.ly/28GopP #jobs #it #.net
ITJobsTweet (JobHits-IT) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:01:04 -0000
Junior .Net Developer job in Scotland at Hays IT http://bit.ly/28GopP #jobs #it #.net
MI5 recruitment drive RT @prislam: #Scotland recruits top students as spies http://is.gd/4Pk1q #NYUIR
oceanjane13 (Jane Bloom) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:49:02 -0000
MI5 recruitment drive RT @prislam: #Scotland recruits top students as spies http://is.gd/4Pk1q #NYUIR
@hornication im not Scottish, im from south UK, i just ran away to scotland to get away from the ex x
MylifeinwordsUK (Mylife Inwords) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:48:09 -0000
@hornication im not Scottish, im from south UK, i just ran away to scotland to get away from the ex x

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