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!!!!Scotland
Sport
Scotland has its own national sporting competitions. It enjoys independent representation at many international sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup, the Rugby World Cup and the Commonwealth Games; although notably not the Olympic Games. Association football is now the national sport. Scotland hosted the first ever international rugby union match in 1871 and 20 months later followed with the first ever international association football match. Both were played against England. The Scottish Cup is the world's oldest national trophy.
Scotland is the Home of Golf. Other distinctive features of the national sporting culture include, curling and shinty.
Politics
The head of state in Scotland is the British monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952).
The United Kingdom is a unitary state with one parliament and government. Most of the countries within the United Kingdom were given limited self-government, (except England). The British Parliament in Westminster has the ability to amend, change, broaden or abolish the devolved governmental systems at will. As such the Scottish Parliament is not sovereign.
The United Kingdom Parliament has active power over Scotland's taxes, social security system, the military, international relations, broadcasting, and some other areas.
The Scottish Parliament is comprised of 129 Members.
The Queen appoints one of the members of the Parliament to be First Minister. Other Ministers are also appointed by the Queen and together with the First Minister they make up Scottish Executive. The current (since 2001) First Minister is Jack McConnell of the Labour Party, who forms the government on a coalition basis with the Liberal Democrats. The main opposition party is the Scottish National Party, which campaigns for Scottish independence. Other parties include the Conservative and Unionist Party, the Scottish Green Party and the Scottish Socialist Party.
History
The history of Scotland largely began with the arrival of the Roman Empire. Scotland was a Roman province called Britannia.
The Norman Conquest of England in 1066 initiated a chain of events which started to move the Kingdom of Scotland away from its originally Gaelic cultural orientation.
By the end of the Middle Ages, Scotland was showing a split into two cultural areas - the mainly Scots-speaking Lowlands, and the mainly Gaelic-speaking Highlands. Historically, the Lowlands were closer to mainstream European culture. The clan system of the Highlands formed one of the region's more distinctive features, with a number of powerful clans remaining dominant.
In 1707, following English threats to end trade and free movement across the border, the Scots Parliament and the Parliament of England enacted the twin Acts of Union, which created the Kingdom of Great Britain.
After the Industrial Revolution, Scotland became one of the commercial, intellectual and industrial powerhouses of Europe.
After World War II, Scotland experienced an industrial decline. Only in recent decades has the country enjoyed something of a cultural and economic improvement, due to factors like financial services and electronics sector, the proceeds of North Sea oil and gas, and latterly the devolved Scottish Parliament, established by the UK government.