Scotland occupies roughly the northern one-third of the British Isles; its area is 30,414 square miles (78,772 square kilometers), or about the size of the state of Maine. A fault line separates the country into the northern Highlands and the southern...

Scotland is a nation that forms part of the United Kingdom. It became part of the United Kingdom in 1707 through the Act of Union and, until the creation of a Scottish Parliament in 1999, legislative power resided in the House of Commons. Scottish home...

This article is about the country. For other uses, see Scotland (disambiguation). Scotland (Gaelic: Alba) is a nation in northwest Europe and one of the four constituent countries[5] of the United Kingdom. It occupies the northern third of the...