Queston Regarding Scotland

[ketsudan.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone! I got a question that is very important for a fanfic I am writing.

Would you say that with the Union Act of 1707 Scotland basically destroyed itself (meaning that "Scotland" the "country" no longer exists like the "Roman Empire" no longer exists), or that she just moved in and became a permanent resident of England's house?

I have been doing a lot of research, and I am not sure which one it is because the Scottish people still have their own laws, church, and a few other things, but technically the whole main island of Great Britain is called "The United Kingdom" a.k.a. "England" and Scotland is more like California in the US in that it is not it's own separate state.

It's all kind of confusing. Some say that "Scotland" is no longer her own country (thus "destroyed") and others say that she's just under England's rule and they're trying to get independence so they can be their own nation again but....... AJLASSADJ;L DDD:

Anyone who can give some input or give links to articles that could help me decide between these two will be loved forever and ever!

Comments

[tailsy.livejournal.com]

I'm Scottish and I live here! Does that count?

We're definitely still our own country; we have a very strong national identity! We're not governed by England, either. And uhhhh

"The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"?

Great Britain = Scotland, England and Wales. Not England alone; we're all separate countries because we'd kill each other otherwise.

Yes, we're trying to get independence... well, kind of. It's kind of complicated.

[If I've mistaken anything I'm sorry!]

[tailsy.livejournal.com]

By that I mean Scotland probably has their own house.

/TL;DR

[ketsudan.livejournal.com]

Ah, you're a perfect insight to this then! *hugs*

Yeah, I've read a lot of that. I guess the best thing to do to stay historically correct would say that until this, Scotland had his own house and then after this, um... merged their houses together into one big condo or something? XD

[tailsy.livejournal.com]

Well, Scotland was never merged with England, so I don't know if they'd just have one massive house for the UK... Scotland would be the worst roommate ever but yeah, I think something like that would probably be fairly accurate.

I think they all have their own houses and they meet up in England's house to make important decisions. Or somewhat. I dunno. It's your story. xD

[ketsudan.livejournal.com]

*laughs* We should have a poll or something where we say, "This is how we envision this country!" because on DeviantART alone, there are three or four different version of Scotland there. And then some more on fanfiction.net, and of all of them, I think mine is the only girl.

But I digress (blame the coffee).

I guess they would have a big house or something or other. Thanks!