Scottish States..

Scots:

🤔

 Ah've been thinkin' thys fur a while.

Noo.. it awe stært'yt when Ah hud Americans *cough* English folk pretendin *cough* sæy tæ mæ 'oh Scotland's not a real country.. it's more like a 'state''..

Well thyt wis iyt.. Ah wis raginin'.. the mær Ah thought aboot iyt the mær Ah realized.. iyt's no true.

Noo.. afore Ah sæy wit Ah'm goiny sæy, Ah DÆ wa'nt tæ keep awe coonties lit they ur the noo.

Bit iyt hus bin mærked.. thyt the 2014 SNP reforms (Polis/NHS/Fire) huv been hugely unpopular.. an thyt's fæ us a'naw!! SNP supporters huv hate'yt iyt!

Lookin' back noo these 'Regions' wir oor equivalent tæ 'States'.. jist wæ næ governor.. bit instæed a Commision Board appoint'yt bi the government.

Scotland's 12 'states'

North to South:

Shetland

Orkney

Na h-Eileanan Siar/Iar (Eileanan Hebrides, Western Isles)

Highland

Grampian

Tayside and Angus

Strathclyde

Central

Fife

Lothian

Borders

Dumfries and Galloway

Non-state Islands:

St.Kilda: Soay, Hirto, Boreray (Could be considered part of the Western Islands)

Rockall

Isle of May (but could be considered part of Fife)

State Islands:

Strathclyde;

Arran

Jura

Islay

Colonsay

Gigha

Ailsa Craig

Mull

Coll

Tiree

Sanda

Sheep

Glunimore

Great Cumbræ  (better known as Millport)

Little Cumbræ (also known as Peace Island)

Scarba

Highland;

Skye

A'Chill

Rum

Laig

Stroma

Shetland;

Fair Isle

Foula

hInglish:
🤔   .. I've been thinking this for a while.

Now, it all started when I had Americans *cough* English people pretending *cough* say to me 'oh Scotland's not a real country.. it's more like a 'state''..

Well, that was it.. I was furious.. the more I thought about it the more I realized.. it's not true.

Now, before I say what I'm going to say, I DO want to keep all counties like they are just now.

But it has been well noted, that the 2014 SNP reforms (Police/NHS/Fire) has been hugely unpopular.. and that's even within the SNP supporting community, we have hated it.

Looking back now these 'Regions' were our equivalent to States, with the exception of no Governor, but in place a Commision Board appointed by the Government.

Scotland's 12 'states'

North to South:

Shetland

Orkney

Na h-Eileanan Siar/Iar (Eileanan Hebrides, Western Isles)

Highland

Grampian

Tayside and Angus

Strathclyde

Central

Central didn't have a flag I could find, so I made one

remembrance-ing the 1304 Stirling Castle Siege; 

The nights, the days, the water and the blood.

Fife

Again I couldn't find a direct flag, I found this one on the internet, but it's very in the style of Fife.

And so iirc Fife has a long history with this style of flag. iirc I've seen it before as a child, on someone's van bumper in the shape a shield.

Lothian

Borders

Dumfries and Galloway

Update:

State Capitals:

Shetland

Lerwick

Orkney

Kirkwall

Na h-Eileanan Siar/Iar (Eileanan Hebrides, Western Isles)

Stornoway

Highland

Inverness

Grampian

Aberdeen

Tayside and Angus

Dundee

Strathclyde

Dumbarton

Central

Stirling

Fife

Glenrothes

Lothian

Edinburgh

Borders

Newtown Saint Boswells

Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries

Ah seen a suggestion o` oor states fur The Pound Scots oan the banknotes.. thought Ah wid dæ a table tæ include awe Scots states.

Shetland 

Orkney 

Western Isles 

Highland

Grampian

Tayside (Front) & Angus (Reverse)

Strathclyde

Central

Fife

Lothian

Borders

Dumfries (Front) & Galloway (Reverse)

£2000      = Lothian

£1500     = Western Isles

£1000     = Shetland 

£750       = Orkney 

£500       = Grampian 

£200       = Highland

£100       = Central

£75         = Fife

£50         = Strathclyde

£20         = Borders

£10         = Dumfries (Front) & Galloway (Reverse)

£5           = Tayside (Front) & Angus (Reverse)

£1           = Scotland (showing a map of the states)        

(£1 Green. £5 Blue. £10 Orange. £20 Maroon. £50 Blueish (Royal) Purple. £75 Redish Purple. £100 Red. £200 Cyan. £500 Feldgrau. £750 Yellow and Red. £1000 Mauve and Blue. £1500 Silver leaf equiv to £10 worth of real silver. £2000 Gold leaf equiv to £10 worth of real gold.)

Ah think a wee mini map wæ highlights fur each wan mibe bonnie.

Authentication Holograms:

£2000     = Alexander Graham Bell

£1500     = Flora MacDonald

£1000     = Stanley Bowie

£750       = Murdoch Mackenzie

£500       = Robert William Thomson

£200       = Alexander Bain

£100       = William Wallace

£75         = Adam Smith

£50         = John Logie Baird

£20         = Mary Somerville

£10         = Kirkpatrick Macmillan

£5           = James Dewar

£1           = James Clerk Maxwell

Scottish State Licence Plates