I need help. Is scotland a coutry, district or state.I say its a contry.
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It is a country which is in Union with England, Wales, and Northern Ireland to form the nation of the United Kingdom. Until the King of Scotland James VI of Scotland inherited the throne of England and became King James I of England, the two countries had totally separate governments. \n\nScotland has its own parliament which is responsible for its own  internal affairs. The government of the UK is mostly responsible for foreign affairs, some taxaton, etc.\n\nScotland competes with England in the Olympics, but in other international events (such as World Cup soccer) it competes alone as Scotland.
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I hope Scotland will be independent. It will be as succesful as Ireland.
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Should be MikDonald.  It is of Scots-Irish origin, so you need to throw the little accent in there as well.
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This solely depends on your own hopes and aspirations,vote snp and take power in Scotland from the labour mafia and watch them shake.Labour know they cant hold the uk without the scots .The negotiations would be intersting,more control over budgets ,perhaps an oil tariff solely for Scotland .Who knows perhaps they might listen to the people and not their own dogma,perhaps it may make them realise that power is in the hands of the electorate and not the labour machine,the tories are an irrelevance in scotland ,if Independance looms watch the tories play the ORANGEcard.
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In some states it is called an initiative and in others it is called a referendum.  It depends what state you are asking about.
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I think those who don't live in one of the countries within the UK should not keep saying that the UK is a country. I expect that those who actually live in a place would know whether it's a country or not. Anyway, in answer to your question, it's probably because they are American sites. Many Americans, as has been proven here, think that the UK is a country. As for the map thing. If you look on a map of Britain or the UK which is printed in one of the UK countries, you will find that it mentions each as a seperate country. Maybe maps made in America or wherever represent them as one.\nI am offended that stupid Americans(or wherever else you uneducated people are from) insist that MY COUNTRY is not a country. Why do you dumb people keep trying to tell English(and Scottish and Welsh) people that our country is not a country?
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I live in Scotland and 100% agree with you. The present system is grossly unfair and unjustifiable. Scottish MPs should not be allowed to vote or even debate bills that do not relate to the whole of the UK. BLiar's health and education bills would not have passed if the scottish labour MPs hadn't voted for them. Yet the Scottish parliament determines health and education issues in Scotland and English MPs have no say over them.
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Ireland and Scotland are both listed.
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Absolutely British.  As in they hold a British Passport !\n\nThere is no animosity between England and Scotland like there is between England and Ireland because England didn't occupy and segregate a part of Scotland as they did in Northern Ireland.  Secondly, there is no religious warring factions in Scotland as in the case of the Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland.
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From what I understand, "British Isles" refers to the geographic area. You may have it confused with Great Britain. I can't speak for the address verification folks.
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It's actually Commonwealth.\nThe Oxford Dictionary (1992) says it's an association of the United Kingdom with states that were previously part of the British Empire. Basically it's made up of countries that still accept the British Monarchy (we have Queen Elizabeth on our money).We used to be part of the British Empire. Countries like Canada, Australia, New Zealand...
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This is a link to the offical webpage of scotland's courts. Transcripts may not be aviable for public use, but the court descisions are posted.\n\nhttp://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/
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This is an interesting question. But the answer to it, if given seriously, is not quite an easy and straight-forward one.\n\nThere are only two real nations within the modern day UK, and they are England and Scotland. Wales, once an independent principality of Celtic origin, was taken over by England a long time ago and is politically integrated, even though in recent years the Whitehall government has made certain consessions with regards to devolution. Nevertheless, all law passed by the House of Commons is usually "for England and Wales". \nAnd Northern Ireland is not a separate nation either. It is a relict of long-gone times when Ireland was completely under British rule. But now there remain only six Irish counties in the UK, known collectively as Northern Ireland. They are not a nation, and not even a country. They are just six counties under colonial rule, with a population of Irishmen of various heritage and political allegiance.\nWhich leaves us with England and Scotland, which were separate independent states for most of their history. The Union of both exists only since 1707 and is, despite all efforts from the various governments over three centuries, still quite fragile. The fact that English people refer to Scotland still as being "north of the border" speaks volumes. And there is little love in Scotland for the English, who oppressed and exploited the Highlands for centuries (and still do it in certain ways).\n\nScotland has already her own parliament again, and it will be only a question of time (and political mistakes made in London) how long it will take for Scotland to elect a majority of nationalists to this parliament. A simple referendum could then decide on the question of Scotland's independence.\nShould this happen, England would want to hold on to Wales and Northern Ireland with even more zest than they show now. But it would not be easy. The six counties of Northern Ireland will sooner or later join the Republic of Ireland anyway, and if only on economical and cultural grounds. British presence in Northern Ireland costs the UK taxpayer at present more than £ 16 billion per year (and rising) with nothing but troubles to show for in exchange. Sooner or later a British Prime Minister will find better things to do with that money and let the booming economy of the Irish Republic pay for those six counties no one really likes.\n\nThe future of Wales is the least certain of all. In case of Scotland going it alone, there would be a certain momentum in Wales to follow suit. However, it is questionable if there would be a large enough majority for an independent Wales, especially since it could not survive economically on its own. Options for Wales could be a continued union with England, but with better terms, a Celtic Confedaration together with Scotland and Ireland, a much less attractive federation with Scotland, or a tax haven like the Isle of Man, completely dependend on the world's super-rich.
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I quite fancy England to win it this year although it'll be tight I think. Underdogs. Well it'll have to be Scotland since i'm scottish.
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Last time I checked there was more than one 'State' in our lovely country.\n\nGet it right.
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Yes I agree with you. Stop the Scots MPs voting on issues that do not effect Scotland or allow English MPs to vote in the Scottish Parliament on Scottish issues.
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http://www.helplinelaw.com/lawyers/scotland/glasgow