Scotland

Important Cities

Edinburgh(Capital)
Melrose
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Elgin
Perth
Standrews
Oban
Arbroath
Ullapool
Thurso

Main Attractions

Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh)
Holyroodhouse Palace (Edinburgh)
National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh)
Stirling Castle (Stirling)
Melrose Abbey
Orkney Island
Shetland Island
St Andrews Golf Course
Eilean Donan Castle
Loch Ness
Scottish Highland
Outer Hebrides Islands
Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre (Edinburgh)
Royal Yacht Britannia (Edinburgh)

Main Industries

Consumer Items
Electronics
Food Processing
Textiles
Metals

Scotland is one of four constituent nations which form the United Kingdom (the other three are England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Scotland has given rise to many more famous people, notable in the arts, literature, the sciences and as inventors, philosophers, architects and so on, than would be expected for a country of such modest size and population.
Scotland was a wealthy country through until the beginning of the 14th Century, when Edward I of England (known as the "Hammer of the Scots") was determined to incorporate Scotland into the English crown.
Scotland's legal, educational and judicial systems continue to be seperate from those of England and Wales and Northern Ireland, and because of this it constitutes a discrete jurisdiction in public and in private international law.
The territorial extent of Scotland is generally that established by the 1237 Treaty of York between Scotland and England and the 1266 Treaty of Perth between Scotland and Norway.
The population of Scotland in the 2001 census was 5,062,011.
Scotland are one of the few UEFA members who play most of their matches in a city (Glasgow) other than the capital (Edinburgh).
Scotland will also play the Faroe Islands in their first Euro 2008 qualifier at Celtic Park, due to Hampden being hired out for a Robbie Williams concert on that date.
Scotland have qualified for two European Championships but have failed to advance beyond the first round on both occasions, most recently at Euro 1996, where the Netherlands progressed on goal difference.
Scotland advanced markedly in educational terms during the fifteenth century with the founding of the University of St Andrews in 1413, the University of Glasgow in 1450 and the University of Aberdeen in 1494, and with the passing of the Education Act 1496.