• ~ Scotland ~ •

Scotland is the most septentrional country in UK. Their capital is Edimburgh and the biggest city is Glasgow.
His coin is the pound sterling (₤), and his flag is composed for two colours: white and blue, and one cross in the centre. His shield is a red lion in the centre of them, and is sorround for a band in colour red with different things.
His slogan is: ‘Nemo me impune lacessit’ (Nobody offend me with impunity)

Fundation:
-Scottish kingdom: 13th of February 858
-England union: 24th of March 1603
-Certificate of union: 1st of May 1707

History of Scotland:
-Prehistory:
The first settlement appeared in scottish territory approximately 9.500 years ago, and the first populations 6.000 years ago.

-History:
The romans called Scotland, Caledonia. For the enormous wood spreading everywhere. The principal village to settle down in this period was the pictos, because they painted theirs bodies. On the other side the escotos were a village of Ireland and they are called dalriadas too. They established in the west of Scotland.

The Romans came in the 83 b.C. The pictos experiment an important developed during in the middle Ages perhaps as answer to the Roman Empire. An important event was the battle of Dunnichen and is the winner was the pictos. In the end of the XIII century, this kingdom extended his territory approximate Scotland present. The principal impulse in the culture and economy transformation was during the kingdom of David I of Scotland how start The Davidiana Revolution.
In 1286, Margarita I broke the dynasty of the kingdom, and Edward I of England imposed his protected Juan of Balliol. England tried conquer, but it was repulsed by William Wallace in the independent war of Scotland.

In the Modern Age, Glasgow and Edinburgh developed very fast in the end of XVIII century.

Now, the boss of state is Isabel II of United Kingdom. She was crowned in 1952. She shares her power with the speech.

Geography:
Scotland takes 78.772 km² approximately. Scotland's only land border is with England, and runs for 96 kilometres (60 mi) between the basin of the River Tweed on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west. The Atlantic Ocean borders the west coast and the North Sea is to the east.

Climate:
The climate of Scotland is temperate and oceanic, and tends to be very changeable. Temperatures are generally lower than in the rest of the UK.
In general, the west of Scotland is usually warmer than the east, owing to the influence of Atlantic ocean currents and the colder surface temperatures of the North Sea.

Fauna and Flora:
Scotland's wildlife is typical of the north west of Europe, although several of the larger mammals such as the Lynx, Brown Bear, Wolf, Elk and Walrus, for example.
The flora of the country is varied incorporating both deciduous and coniferous woodland and moorland and tundra species.

-Loch Ness
The Loch Ness is an extensive and deep lake of fresh water in Highlands. Is the second bigger lake in Scotland, but owing to his deep it have more water than the lakes in England and Wales. But this lake is famous in the world because it has a monster called Nessie.
Nessie is the name of the legendary criature that lives in the lake. Together the Big Foot and the Yeti, is the criature most wanted in the world. A variety of explanations have been postulated over the years to account for sightings of the Loch Ness Monster. These may be categorized as: misidentifications of common animals; misidentifications of inanimate objects or effects; reinterpretations of traditional Scottish folklore; hoaxes; and exotic species of large animals.

Culture
The culture of Scotland is an important artistic activitie, such as musical, dramatic and literary.
Scotland music is a significant aspect of the nation's culture. A traditional instrument is the bagpipe, a wind instrument.
The Scotland literary includes text written in English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, French, and Latin. Robert Brums was considered the ‘national poet’ because he wrote in english and scotish.
James Matthew Barrie, the writer of Peter Pan, was the creator of the movement knows ‘school of Kailyard’.
The traditional garment is the kilt, this is a scottish skirt.

Language
Scotland is from the Latin Scoti, the term applied to Gaels. The Late Latin word Scotia (land of the Gaels) was initially used to refer to Ireland. By the 11th century at the latest. The use of the words Scots and Scotland to encompass all of what is now Scotland became common in the Late Middle Ages.