Is scotland a state or a country?

state

state (an area with its own territory, government and people which may or may not lie within the authority of a larger state or federal union)

country

country (sovereign state or former sovereign state whose territory is still internationally recognised as a political or cultural entity)

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Is Scotland, the constituent country of the United Kingdom an instance of the class state (an area with its own territory, government and people which may or may not lie within the authority of a larger state or federal union) or the class country (sovereign state or former sovereign state whose territory is still internationally recognised as a political or cultural entity)?

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