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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and adjacent islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. In 2022, the country's population was about 5.

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.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} • Total
£165.7 billion
.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}Sovereign stateLegal jurisdiction
United Kingdom · Scots law
Calling code
+44
Currency
Sterling[f] (GBP; £)
Date format
dd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Demonym
Scottish • Scots

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Scotland

Nodes950
Edges949
Triples1193
Avg. degree2
Density0.002105
Components1

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Scotland

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related to Literature, drama and media · 53
Scotland → Arthur Conan Doyle, Barrie, Brus, Brythonic, Carol Ann Duffy, Early Scots, Edwin Morgan, English, European, European Enlightenment, French, From, Gaelic, George MacDonald, Heaney, In, Interest, Irvine Welsh, It, James Macpherson
related to Diplomacy and relations · 51
Scotland → Additionally, As, Auld Alliance, Baltic, Beijing, Berlin, Both Scotland Houses, British, British High Commission, Brussels, Copenhagen, Council, Devolved Governments Council, Dublin, Edinburgh, English, Foreign, Foreign Office, France, Government
related to Wars of Scottish Independence · 47
Scotland → Alexander III, Although, Andrew Moray, Arbroath, Auld Alliance, Balliol, Bannockburn, Battle, Black Death, Bruce, Comyn, David II's, Declaration, Edward, Edward's, England, English, English Crown, France, French
related to history · 46
Scotland → AD, After, Agricola, Allerød Interstadial, Along, Battle, BC, Britain, By, Bølling, Caledonian, Callanish Stones, Christian, Christianity, England, Evidence, Gask Ridge, Greek, Hadrian, Hadrian's Wall
related to World wars and Scotland Act 1998 · 46
Scotland → Adolf Hitler, Albert Speer, Before, Berghof, Britain's, British, Cities, Clydebank Blitz, Duke, During, Edinburgh, Field Marshal Sir Douglas, First World War, Formerly, German, Germany, Glasgow, Haig, Hamilton, Hess
related to Law and order · 44
Scotland → Appeal, Both, Brehon, Celtic, Corpus Juris Civilis, Court, District, Edinburgh, England, For, High Court, Highlands, House, Justice, Justiciary, Lawnmarket, Lords, Many, Norse, October
related to Treaty of Union · 43
Scotland → Acts, After, Andrew Fletcher, Battle, British, Commons, Culloden, Darien Scheme, Earl, Edinburgh, England, English, English House, Episcopalian Protestants, Findlater, Glasgow, Great Britain, Great Britain's, Hanover, Highlands
related to Union of the Crowns · 41
Scotland → Auld Alliance, Crowns, Edinburgh, England, Flodden, France, Great Britain, Henry VII, Henry's, In, Ireland, James, James IV, James VI, James's, King, Kingdom, Leith, London, Margaret Tudor
related to Industrial age and the Scottish Enlightenment · 39
Scotland → After, British, British Empire, Clydeside, Davidson, Earl, Empire, From, Glasgow, Hardie, Historian Neil Davidson, Home Rule, In, Independent Labour Party, Industrial Revolution, It, Jacobitism, Keir Hardie's, London, Lowlanders
related to Military · 38
Scotland → Army Reserve, As, Before, British Armed Forces, British Army, Cameron, Changing World, Clegg, Delivering Security, Distinctively Scottish, England, English, Europe's, Following, Highland Brigade, In, Irish Division, Lowland Brigade, Numerous Scottish, Of

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scottish scots england country government parliament century kingdom first scotland's edinburgh glasgow national british union world united highlands population one

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Scotland.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} • Total£165.7 billion1.00infobox
Scotland.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}Sovereign stateLegal jurisdictionUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Scotland.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}Sovereign stateLegal jurisdictionScots law1.00infobox
ScotlandCalling code+441.00infobox
ScotlandCapitalEdinburgh .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punc…1.00infobox
ScotlandCurrencySterling[f] (GBP; £)1.00infobox
ScotlandDate formatdd/mm/yyyy (AD)1.00infobox
ScotlandDemonymScottish • Scots1.00infobox
ScotlandEthnic groups (2022)92.9% White1.00infobox
ScotlandEthnic groups (2022)3.9% Asian1.00infobox
ScotlandEthnic groups (2022)1.2% Black1.00infobox
ScotlandEthnic groups (2022)1.1% Mixed1.00infobox
ScotlandEthnic groups (2022)0.9% other1.00infobox
ScotlandGDP (nominal)2025 estimate1.00infobox
ScotlandGini (2020–23)33 @media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-…1.00infobox
ScotlandGovernmentDevolved parliamentary legislature within a parliamentary constitutional monarchy1.00infobox
ScotlandGVA2022 estimate1.00infobox
ScotlandHDI (2022)0.933 very high1.00infobox
ScotlandInternet TLD.scot[g]1.00infobox
ScotlandISO 3166 codeGB-SCT1.00infobox
ScotlandLargest cityGlasgow 55°51′40″N 4°15′00″W / 55.86111°N 4.25000°W / 55.86111; -4.250001.00infobox
ScotlandLegislatureScottish Parliament1.00infobox
ScotlandOfficial languagesEnglish (de facto)1.00infobox
ScotlandOfficial languagesScots1.00infobox
ScotlandOfficial languagesScottish Gaelic1.00infobox
ScotlandRecognised languageBritish Sign Language[b]1.00infobox
ScotlandReligion (2022)51.1% no religion1.00infobox
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ScotlandReligion (2022)38.8% Christianity 20.4% Church of Scotland 13.3% Roman Catholic 5.1% other Christian1.00infobox
ScotlandReligion (2022)20.4% Church of Scotland1.00infobox

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