Scotland is not a separate sovereign state, so while culturally it is a nation, it is not an independent Country, neither is it a sovereign State.
Scotland has no independent recognition externally from the UK, it has no Embassies in other Countries. The UK Govt retain all power over the Scotland politically (devolution is can be repealed at any time). Powers are granted to Scotland by Westminister, not relinguished by them.
So while Scotland is a Nation, it is also a region of the United Kingdom, as it is an adminstrative territory of the UK.
Each nation within the UK is also sub-divided into political regions etc, but as I was using the term Region in it's descriptive sense rather than a political one, just as you could say England is a region of the UK, or that the UK is a region of Europe and so on. You are just being pedantic.
Last edited by Gaidin109; 16th Mar 2010 at 18:24.