The notion of Scotland as a nation is a Victorian myth set up to promote tourism. Akin to the kilt patterns they made up at the same time. Yes, England is a myth as well. The borders between England and Scotland changed quite a bit. The Scots language was closer to English than Gàidhlig. Many islanders don't even consider themselves as Scottish. My ancestors did come from what is now Scotland. I have lived in Scotland for much of my life (I am now in England). I don't consider myself to be either Scottish or English. I consider myself to be British. I have family spread out over Ireland, the US, Canada, Australia and Britain. Neither England or Scotland have ever been a united nation, there have been warring tribes in each of these countries going back centuries and most of the time they were fighting other warring tribes that lived near by. The idea that Scotland is a nation is as stupid as the idea that England is a nation. The only more stupid thing I can think of is the idea that somehow the Northern Irish Protestants are a different race to the Northern Irish Catholics. What people forget is that before the ‘planting’ of Protestants from the ‘Scottish’ borders into Ireland people had been moving backwards and forwards between Ireland and Scotland for centuries.