Allan, I was looking at the distinction between nations, not states. It was my understanding that Scotland wanted to be separate from England in the way Canada or Mexico are separate from the United States. Not the way California is a different entity than Texas but both as part of the United States. I haven't looked closely into the matter, however. I'm content to let the bunch of you sort it out yourselves. Wouldn't it be silly of me to make a big stink about your politics from here, based upon the oddball snippets I could find if I googled a few keywords to do with Scotland and freedom.

SRS