In a referendum held on Sept. 18, the people of Scotland voted by a 55% margin to stay in the United Kingdom, where they had been since the Act of Union in 1707. As with all macro-national ("real world") affairs, Patria was neutral on the Scottish referendum. But public opinion in Patria was overwhelmingly in favor of the "YES" side, as a new and small nation with a flag that resembles Patria's. Vive l'Ecosse libre!
Note the extremely high voter turnout for the referendum. Canadians and Americans are lucky to have a 50% voter turnout for their elections. It was even higher than the voter turnout in Patria for the 50th Congress election (unofficially around 80%). Unfortunately, Scots living abroad were not eligible to send in absentee ballots. There are probably more Scottish immigrants in Canada and the United States than there are people still living in Scotland.
It's a moot point, but one wonders what Scotland's internet domain would have been if the yes side had won. .sc is Seychelles, .sd is Sudan, .sk is Slovakia, .sl is Sierra Leone, .so is Somalia. They might have been out of luck.
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