Scotland.. a country or 'region'? .. or how to insult too many people at once Q.Q

Feb 2017

Hi WWW

I see Americans online calling 'Scotland' a State of the UK.. how utterly insulting!

Scotland already had traditional 'States' that we call 'Regions':

States:

1. Central
2. Dumfries and Galloway
3. Fife 
4. Grampian
5. Lothian and Borders
6. Highland (including the Orkney, Shetland & Western Isles)
7. Strathclyde
8. Tayside

Strathclyde

Counties:

Argyll and Bute

East Ayrshire

East Dunbartonshire

East Renfrewshire

Glasgow City Council

Inverclyde

North Ayrshire

North Lanarkshire

Renfrewshire

South Ayrshire

South Lanarkshire

West Dunbartonshire

 

Dumfries and Galloway 

Annandale

Eskdale

Nithsdale

Kirkcudbrightshire County

Stewartry (archaically, Desnes)

Wigtownshire County

Machars (archaically, Farines)--divided into census areas (civil parish areas)

Rhins of Galloway divided into census areas (civil parish areas)

Borders 

Berwickshire 

Peeblesshire 

Roxburghshire 

Selkirkshire 

and part of Midlothian, as a two-tier region with the districts of Berwickshire, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Roxburgh, and Tweeddale

Lothian 

City of Edinburgh
East Lothian
Midlothian
Scottish Borders
West Lothian

Central 

Clackmannanshire
Falkirk
Stirling

Fife 

North East Fife

Kirkcaldy

Dunfermline

Tayside 

Angus
The City of Dundee
Perth & Kinross

Grampian 

Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Moray

Highland 

Caithness Sutherland and Ross
Inverness and Nairn and Skye
Lochaber and Badenoch

Western Isles 

Shetland 

Orkney 

These were changed in governance but the police remained for each region until 2014.

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So.. Scotland/The Scottish Flag is missing for Profiles?
Hey Valve!

Bit offended tbh..
So Jersey Guernsey and the Isle of Man.. get flags.. but Scotland.. zip.. nada.. nothing?

I mean I realize not everyone has a grasp on geography..but Jersey and Guernsey are principalities of England (and technically Wales, although it is a historic Gael Country) and the Isle of Man (would have been, as part of Dal Riata) a principality of both Ireland and Scotland.

England and Scotland are the two fully legal countries in the Union. I am from the : town: Dumbarton in the :county: of West Dunbartonshire part of the :region/state: of Strathclyde in the COUNTRY of Scotland. Y'know I should lump in Canada the US and Japan together.. you all share the same defense budget, that must mean you are all the same country right? right?? and each one of those three is merely a state of that one country.. right?

pfftt.. I've had enough Americans talk down to recently on comment sections about Scottish Independence .. how dæ ye like them æpples!

I do not show my 'Country' because there is no option other than UK>Strathclyde. I am NOT displaying the 'Butcher's Apron' under any circumstance as it rings politically untrue of my identity.

STOP talking down to your customers who wish to support their COUNTRY: Scotland.

I enjoy the Saltire, Scotland's National Flag and also The Royal Standard. These should be options.. either or both even at the same time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Scotland_1973%E2%80%9396#/media/File:Scotland_1974_Administrative_Map.png




*I* would say the primary Mothers of each country that I care to mention are:

Alba:
Canada
America
New Zealand

Wales:
Australia

Espania:
All the Southern American continent, except Brazil.