Everything I've read about this seems to indicate they aren't prepared in any way for this. Their industry is too integrated with England, especially since they've been basically one political entity since the Treaty of Union in the early 1600s. They would enter the EU as a cripple requiring huge loans… which is exactly the trouble that countries like Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Ireland have had and are paying for now. Or better said, their citizens are paying for now.
Scottish lawmakers voted 69-59 in favor of an independence referendum Tuesday, setting Edinburgh on a collision course with the UK government.
The vote by members of the Scottish Parliament gives the green light to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to ask the UK Parliament for a referendum between autumn 2018 and spring 2019.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has indicated she will reject Sturgeon's timetable. Britain is expected to leave the European Union in 2019, and May has said that "Now is not the time" for a vote that could break up the United Kingdom.
But Sturgeon has said there is an "Unquestionable democratic mandate" for a referendum. Ref. CNN.
Independent Scotland would be 'most welcome' to be full member of EU, say MEPs:
The open letter, signed by 26 MEPs, declared that there was a "Tremendous amount of goodwill from across the continent towards Scotland's European aspirations". Ref. Source 1r.
Yes, there would be a tremendous amount of goodwill… just like there was for Greece. And then the bills started piling up, which is what is going to happen with Scotland since they will need tremendous loans to establish everything they need established before they become an independent country.
This is all a work in progress and I think that Scotland can be a free independent country from England. I think they have been wanting to be by their selves ever since they were invaded and taken over by England back around the dark ages.