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SCOTLAND,NorthpartofGreatBritain,Population:5.2million3regionsHighlands,SouthernUplands,andLowlandsGlasgowisthelargestcityEdinburghisthecapitalcityThesecitiesarejust60kmapart.Bothcitieshavefamousuniversitiesdatingbacktothe15thcentury.,ScotlandwasnotconqueredbytheRomansRomansbuiltHadrianswalltokeepoutScottishinvaders.Thewallstillexistsandiswherethecurrentbordernowstands.Anglo-SaxonswerenotabletoconquerScotlandeither,althoughtheydidoccupypartsofsoutheastScotland.ThisiswhyEdinburghhasaGermanicname.6thcentury,ScotsfromnorthernIrelandinvadedthesouthwest.,TheoriginalCeltswerecalledPicts.TheyretreatedtotheHighlandsaftertheScotinvasion.Thissetupaculturaldividewhichstillexiststoday.SomeareasintheHighlandsstillhavepeoplespeakingGaelicinadditiontoEnglish.Scotlandwasmadeupofsmallkingdoms.VikinginvasionsandwarswithEnglandforcedtheScottishkingtouniteanddefendtheland.ScotlandandEnglandoftenfoughtwars.,Berwick-on-TweedisinEnglandtoday.Ishaschangedsidesthirteentimesbetweenthetwocountries.1298WilliamWallaceledanuprisingagainstKingEdward.Itwasdefeated.Afewyearslater,RoberttheBrucedefeatedtheEnglishatBannockburn.Thisledto300yearsoffullindependencefromEngland.WhenqueenElizabethdied,JamesVIofScotlandbecameJamesIofEngland.Thecrownswereunited,butthecountriesremainedindependentuntil1707.,ManyScotsstilldreamforindependence.Inthe17thand18thcenturies,peoplebeganleavingScotlandforAmerica,CanadaandAustralia.TheyprimarilyleftfromtheHighlands.TodaytherearemorepeopleofScottishdescentlivingoutsideScotlandthanthereareScotslivinginScotlandtoday.ScotlandActof1998establishedtheScotlandParliament.Firstelectionswereheldin1999.,ThewatersoffScotlandintheNorthSeaholdthelargestoilreservesintheEuropeanUnion.FishingisoneofthelargestindustriesinScotlandTourismisbecomingabiggerindustrytoo,especiallyforpeopleofScottishdescentwhoreturnforvisits.GlasgowisacenterforshipbuildingandsteelfactoriesEdinburghisfamousfortheannualEdinburghArtsFestival,Scotlandscultureisbestrepresentedbytheirdressandmusic.ThehighlandclanseachworedistinctivepatternscalledTartans,Eachclanhadadifferentpattern.Clanisafamilygrouplivinginaspecificarea,usuallyintheHighlandsBecauseofthenameofacertainrestaurantchain,themostfamousScottishclannameisClanMcDonaldTraditionalformaldressinthehighlandsincludesthekiltformen.,Scottishmusicismostnotedforthebagpipes.,WALES,Population:3.01millionSmallerthanScotlandorEngland,butlargerthanNorthernIrelandCardiffisthecapitalcityCelticpeoplesettledinWalesTheCeltsfoughttheRomansandestablishedsmallkingdomsaftertheromansleftBritaininthe5thcenturyAnglo-SaxonsneverinvadedWales,1282EdwardIofEnglanddefeatedLlywelynapGruffydandconqueredWales.EdwardnamedhissonthePrinceofWales.TheoldestsonofthekingorqueenofEnglandisstillcalledthistoday.MostWelshpeopledonotagreewiththistitle.WalesbecamepartoftheEnglishlegalsystemwiththeLawsofWalesActof15351542.GovernmentofWalesActof1998establishedtheNationalAssemblyofWales.ItissimilartoWalesastheScottishParliamentistoScotland.,EveryoneinWalesspeaksEnglish,butabout500,000,or20%,ofthepeoplealsospeakWelsh.WaleswasanagriculturesocietyuntiltheIndustrialRevolution.Thehugecoalminesweredeveloped,andWalesbecameaminingandmanufacturingsociety.,NORTHERNIRELAND,Population:1.81millionUlsterisanothernameforNorthernIrelandBelfastisthecapitalcityEnglandcontrolledIrelandsincethetimeofHenryVIIIin1542.IrishrebellionslostandAnglicancontrolbecamestronger.TheIrishremainedCatholic,butimmigrantsfromScotlandandEnglandwereProtestant.18thcentury,manyCatholicaristocracyleftformainlandEurope,AnglicanrulingclasspassedaseriesoflawstotryandkeeptheremainingCatholicspoor.1798theSocietyofUnitedIrishmenrebelled.TheywereinspiredbytheFrenchRevolution.Tokeepcontrol,andtokeepdemocraticelementsoutofIreland,TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIrelandwasformedin1801.Intheearly20thcentury,parliamentwantedtogivetheIrishmorecontrolovertheirownlandbyintroducingHomeRule.,TheHouseofLordsandHouseofCommonscouldnotagreeonhowthisshouldbesetup.UnionistswantedIrelandtoremainfirmlywithinGreatBritainIn1914UnionistssmuggledinarmsfromGermanyandformedamilitiatotryandopposeHomeRuleAfterWorldWarI,theIrishweredemandingfullindependence.TheUKgovernmentproposedanIrelandwhere26southcountiesberuledbyDublinand6northcountiesberuledbyBelfast.,GovernmentActof1920partitionedIrelandintothetwoareas:26countiesinthesouthand6countiesinthenorth.IrelandandBritishforceswerealreadyatwarbynowwiththeIrishfightingforfullindependence.Thewarendedon6December1922withallthecountiesincludedintheIrishFreeS
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