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Scotland’s faith will
be decided today as they go into a referendum to decide the faith of the
country which is under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.
Scotland is one of the
four countries that make up the United Kingdom; others include Wales, Northern
Ireland, and England. England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales each have
separate national governing bodies for sports and compete separately in many
international sporting competitions like football, Olympics, Commonwealth Games among others. The
United Kingdom is a sovereign state and as such is listed in International Organization for Standardization (ISO), England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and
Wales are not themselves listed in the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) list of countries.
Scotland as at last census (2011) was about 5,295,000
in population with a land mass of 78,772km2, and a population
density of 67.22 per km2. Its state capital is Edinburg and she
practices the Scot law legal system.
However, the prime
minister of England, Gordon Brown have pleaded with the people of Scotland to remain in the family of United Kingdom. But stakeholders in the country
agitating for their own sovereignty have argued that the time is ripe for them
to stand alone.
Though a lot of
questions on how Scotland will independently fund itself and survive as a
sovereign state have come under strong criticism as the “NO ” group are skeptical
about the whole process. The “YES” group however argued that Scottish and those
residents in Scotland make up the larger percentage of the income tax for the
UK.
Promise to keep you
posted on the outcome of their referendum.
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