Scotland in particular is one of those exceptions.
There really is no one magic rule that says 'country vs no country' - even what you offered up is a collection of rules, where some rules catch edge cases that other rules don't.
I'm thinking more exceptions where military might and economic might are immediate threats whereas that's not the case most people would concede about Scotland.
Scotland in particular is one of those exceptions.
There really is no one magic rule that says 'country vs no country' - even what you offered up is a collection of rules, where some rules catch edge cases that other rules don't.