>>6442367>>6442468>>6442935>>6447666You're all wrong to a degree. A a scot, I can say we hate the Brits the same way the Norwegian hate the Swedish. We feel obliged to hate them because "muh ancestors" but most of us have nothing against the modern day English or Welsh, and get along fine with them when we actually meet up in person, more than anything because they're the only English speakers outside of Scotland who won't perpetually make fun of our accents. The Scottish economy is fine thanks, you forget how much money we make off Whiskey, Tweed and offshore oil reserves.
I can't speak for Northern Ireland since I'm not from there, but from what I've seen when visiting, and what I've heard from folks who live there, its very very polarized. You either hate the British with a burning passion or you consider yourself 100% British, and spend every morning drinking earl grey from a union jack teacup. There is no in-between, and its largely divided down religious lines, with Catholics wanting to be part of the Republic and Protestants wanting to stay in the UK.
