Scotland: Pagkakaiba sa mga binago

Malaking bahagi ng Hilagang Atlantiko at North Sea ang nasasakupan ng karagatan ng Scotland,<ref>{{cite book |title=The Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order |year=1999 |publisher=The Stationery Office Limited |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1999/19991126.htm |location=London |isbn=0-11-059052-X| accessdate=20 September 2007 }}</ref> kung saan matatagpuan ang pinakamalaking reserba sa langis sa [[European Union]]. Bunsod nito, tinagurian ang [[Aberdeen]]—ang ikatlong pinakamalaking lungsod ng Scotland—na kabisera ng langis ng Europa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/equalitydiversity/eqd_ourcity.asp|publisher= Aberdeen City Council|title=Our City|quote=Aberdeen's buoyant modern economy – is fuelled by the oil industry, earning the city its epithet as 'Oil Capital of Europe'|accessdate=1 December 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922092924/http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/EqualityDiversity/eqd_OurCity.asp|archivedate=22 September 2010}}</ref>

 

 

Nananatiling hiwalay sa Inglaterra at [[Wales]] at [[Northern Ireland]] ang sistemang legal ng Scotland, at ang Scotland din ay may natatanging hurisdiksiyon sa pampubliko at pampribadong batas.<ref>Collier, J. G. (2001) [http://assets.cambridge.org/052178/2600/sample/0521782600ws.pdf ''Conflict of Laws (Third edition)''](pdf) [[Cambridge University Press]]. "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&nbsp;... are foreign countries but also [[British Colonies]] such as the [[Falkland Islands]]. Moreover, the other parts of the United Kingdom{{spaced ndash}}Scotland and Northern Ireland{{spaced ndash}}are foreign countries for present purposes, as are the other [[British Islands]], the [[Isle of Man]], [[Jersey]] and [[Guernsey]]."</ref> Ang patuloy na pagpapanatili ng mga institusyong legal, edukasyonal, at relihiyoso, na hiwalay sa ibang bahagi ng UK, ay nakatulong sa pagpapatuloy ng kultura at pambansang pagkakakilanlan ng mga Scottish, mula noong pagsasanib ng 1707.<ref name="administrative control">Devine, T. M. (1999), ''The Scottish Nation 1700–2000'', P.288–289, ISBN 0-14-023004-1 ''"created a new and powerful ''local state'' run by the Scottish bourgeoisie and reflecting their political and religious values. It was this local state, rather than a distant and usually indifferent Westminster authority, that in effect routinely governed Scotland"''</ref> Noong 1999, matapos ang referendum noong 1997, ibinalik at nagpulong-muli ang [[Parlamento ng Scotland]], na may malawak na kapangyarihan sa pagpapasiya ng mga domestikong paksa at usapin. Noong Mayo 2011, nanalo ng pangkalahatang mayorya ang [[Scottish National Party]] sa Parlamento ng Scotland. Dulot nito, isang referendum tungkol sa kasarinlan ng Scotland ang gaganapin sa 18 Setyembre 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1067962/scotland-names-the-day-for-independence-vote |title=Scotland: Independence Referendum Date Set |publisher=BSkyB |date=21 March 2013 |accessdate=4 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gardham|first=Magnus|title=Holyrood election 2011: Alex Salmond: Referendum on Scottish independence by 2015|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics-news/2011/05/02/alex-salmond-referendum-on-scottish-independence-by-2015-86908-23102061/|accessdate=14 October 2011|newspaper=Daily Record|location=Scotland|date=2 May 2011}}</ref>