What is Scotland?

Information about Scotland

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Scotland (English / Scots)
Alba (Gaelic)


Flag	Royal Coat of Arms

Motto
Nemo me impune lacessit  (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
"Cha togar m'fhearg gun dioladh"   (Scottish Gaelic)
"Wha daur meddle wi me?"  (Scots)¹

Anthem
(Multiple unofficial anthems)

Location of Scotland (orange)

on the European continent (white)

Capital

Edinburgh

Largest city

Glasgow

Official languages English (de facto)

Recognised regional languages Gaelic, Scots¹

Demonym Scot, Scots and Scottish²

Government

Constitutional monarchy

- Monarch Queen Elizabeth II

- UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown MP

- First Minister Alex Salmond MSP

Unification

- Lands north of Forth united under Bridei m. Beli c. 685

- Dál Riata incorporated by Óengus m. Fergusa c. 741

- Lothian and Strathclyde finally incorporated on accession of David I 1124 (confirmed Treaty of York, 1237)

- Galloway incorporated 1234/5

- Orkney and Shetland annexed 1472

- Water (%) 1.9

Population

- 2005 estimate 5,116,900

- 2001 census 5,062,011

GDP (PPP) 2006 estimate

- Total US$172 billion

- Per capita US$33,680

HDI (2003) 0.939 (high)

Currency Pound sterling (GBP)

Time zone GMT (UTC0)

- Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)

Internet TLD .uk³

Calling code

+44

Patron saint

St. Andrew

¹ Both Scots and Scottish Gaelic are officially recognised as autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages;^[1] the Bòrd na Gàidhlig is tasked, under the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005, with securing Gaelic as an official language of Scotland, commanding "equal respect" with English.^[2]

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References

1. ^ "European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages" Scottish Government. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
2. ^ Macleod, Angus "Gaelic given official status" (22 April 2005) The Times. London. Retrieved 02 August 2007.

Scottish English is usually taken to mean the standard form of the English language used in Scotland, often termed Scottish Standard English^[1]^[2]. It is the language normally used in formal, non-fiction written texts in Scotland.
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Scots refers to the Anglic varieties derived from early northern Middle English spoken in parts of Scotland. In Scotland it is sometimes called Lowland Scots or its contraction Lallans
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Scottish Gaelic
Official status
Official language of: Scotland
Regulated by: Bòrd na Gàidhlig
Language codes
ISO 639-1: gd
ISO 639-2: gla
ISO 639-3: gla

Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig
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Coat of arms elements

A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization.
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Nemo me impune lacessit is often translated as roughly, None provokes me unpunished.

Approaching more accurate translation

Since "lacessit" has no one-to-one translation into English, a simplistic translation such as None provokes me unpunished
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Latin
Official status
Official language of: Vatican City
Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech
Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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For the Radiohead song, see "The National Anthem".

A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a country's government as the official
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There is no official national anthem of Scotland^[1]. However, there is a complex and on-going social and political dispute amongst many contenders for the title of the nation's de jure song, which has polarised much of the public.
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capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of "capital") is the center of government.
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Edinburgh
Gaelic - Dùn Èideann
Scots - Edinburgh^[1]
Auld Reekie, Athens of the North

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Birth rate: 10.7 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate: 11.0 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: 4.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.4% (2005 est.
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Glasgow
Gaelic - Glaschu
Scots - Glesca, Glesga

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An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in the countries, states, and other territories. It is typically the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, though the law in many nations requires that government documents be produced in other
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A regional language is a language spoken in a part of a state, be it a small area, a federal state or province, or a wider area. It is often mistaken for a dialect.

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A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. In English, the name of a people's language is often the same as this word, e.g., the "French" (language or people).
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Scottish people (Scottish Gaelic: Albannach) are a nation^[6] and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. As an ethnic group, Scots are a composition of groups such as Picts, Gaels, Brythons, Angles, and Norse.
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Scots may refer to:

The Scottish people, the inhabitants of Scotland
Something from Scotland, i.e., The Scottish nationality
Gàidhlig, the Scottish Gaelic language
Scots language (also known as "Lowland Scots" to distinguish it from Gàidhlig

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Scottish can refer to:

(as an adjective) Things to do with Scotland (see also Scotch), Scottish people or the List of famous Scottish people
Scottish Gaelic language
Scots language
Scottish English
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government is a body that has the power to make and the authority to enforce rules and laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group.^[1]
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constitutional monarchy is a form of government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges an elected or hereditary monarch as head of state, as opposed to an absolute monarchy, where the monarch is not bound by a constitution and is the sole source of political
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British monarchy is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories, and holds the now constitutional position of head of state.
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Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary;<ref name="sur" /> born 21 April 1926) is the Queen regnant of sixteen independent states and their overseas territories and dependencies.
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Incumbent: The Right Honourable Gordon Brown, MP.
Origins: gradual.
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