I was noting that minute size is not an impediment to statehood. No insult was intended.
An independent Scotland will have the GDP and population about equal to the U.S. state of Missouri or Wisconsin.
The remains of the UK might or might not remain a major player in the world, but Scotland would certainly not take on that role.
I would expect Scotland to take a place of import similar to Hungary, Portugal, and Denmark. That too, is not an insult, but a straight observation.
The cost of government would logically go up in Scotland, as the political infrastructure is more socialist than the rest of the UK and economies of scale would be lost, i.e. Scotland will need to man embassies, have new military infrastructure (if it has one), etc.
I’m still curious how citizenship will be determined. Dual citizenships? Its been done before, but many, many messy questions.
LOL, ok, fair enough.