[jfman]

Originally Posted by nomadking

So what's currently stopping Scotland from being financially successful and prudent?

They've had access to the markets of the EU, and others countries the EU has agreements with, and still have access to the rest of the UK. Any rule-based restrictions they face with the rest of the World are done to the EU. The bulk of Scottish exports go to the rest of the UK. A chunk of that can only be exported to the rest of the UK, due to geographical constraints. Eg Romania can't easily buy electricity produced in Scotland.

With Brexit they are issues that couldn't be gone into, ahead of the referendum, because they depended on what might or might not be agreed with the EU. As the UK was already independent, there were issues that didn't need discussing compared to Scottish Independence.

England.