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Government Devolved government within constitutional
monarchye
– Monarch Elizabeth II
– First Minister Alex Salmond

– Prime Minister Theresa Mary May
Legislature Scottish Parliament
Formation

– Established 9th century (Traditionally 843)
– Union with England 1 May 1707
Patron saint Saint Andrew, Saint Margaret, Saint
Columba

Governance. Historically, the use of "Scotch" as an adjective
comparable to "Scottish" or "Scots" was commonplace, particularly outside

Scotland. Today, however, the term is used to describe products of Scotland
(usually food or drink-related).
Scotland's head of state is the monarch of the United Kingdom

(currently Queen Elizabeth II, since 1952). Scotland has limited self-
government within the United Kingdom as well as representation in the UK
Parliament.

Geography. Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, Scotland shares a
border with England to the south, and is otherwise surrounded by the
Atlantic Ocean; with the North Sea to the east, and the North Channel and

Irish Sea to the south-west. In addition to the mainland, the country is made
up of more than 790 islands, including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides
[‘hebrə‘dēz].

Edinburgh, the country's capital and second-largest city, is one of
Europe's largest financial centres. Glasgow is the Scotland's largest city
Aberdeen, the third-largest city in Scotland, is the Europe's oil capital.
History. The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent

sovereign state in the Early Middle Ages and continued to exist until 1707.
Having entered into a personal union with the kingdoms of England and
Ireland following James VI, King of Scots, succeeding to the English and

Irish thrones in 1603, the Kingdom of Scotland subsequently entered into a
political union with the Kingdom of England on 1 May 1707 to create the
Kingdom of Great Britain.

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