'''苏格兰'''[[英语]]、是[[大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国]]下属的[[构成国]]之一<ref name="Stats 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/beginner-s-guide/administrative/the-countries-of-the-uk/index.html|title=The Countries of the UK|publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |accessdate=2012-06-24}}</ref><ref name="Country">{{cite web |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page823 |title=Countries within a country |accessdate=2008-08-24 |work=10 Downing Street |quote=The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416083521/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page823|archivedate=2010-04-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iso.org/iso/newsletter_i-9.pdf |format=PDF |title=ISO 3166-2 Newsletter Date: 28 November 2007 No I-9. "Changes in the list of subdivision names and code elements" (Page 11) |accessdate=2008-05-31 |work=[[国际标淮化组织]] codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 2: Country subdivision codes |quote=SCT Scotland ''country''}}</ref>，位于[[大不列颠岛]]北部，[[英格兰]]之北，被[[大西洋]]环绕包围，东部滨临[[北海 (大西洋)|北海]]，西南滨临[[北海海峡]]和[[爱尔兰海]]，由约790多个岛屿组成。<ref name="Scottish Executive">{{cite web |title=Scottish Executive Resources |work=Scotland in Short |url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/923/0010669.pdf |format=PDF |date=2007-02-17 |publisher=Scottish Executive |accessdate=2006-09-14}}</ref>以[[苏格兰裙|格子花纹]]、[[风笛]]音乐、[[畜牧业]]与[[威士忌]]而闻名。虽然外交、军事、金融、总体经济政策等事务上受[[英国国会]]管辖，但苏格兰对于内部的立法、行政上，拥有一定程度的自治，在联合王国内规模仅次于[[英格兰]]。