Scotland Motto: "In My Defens God Me Defend" Anthem: "Flower of Scotland" (Scotland's royal anthem is "God Save the Queen") Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Languages English Recognised languages Scottish Gaelic Scots British Sign Language Ethnic groups 96.0% White 2.7% Asian 0.7% Black 0.4% Mixed 0.2% Arab 0.1% other Religion Church of Scotland Roman Catholic Other Christian Islam Demonym(s) Scottish Scots Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy • Monarch Elizabeth II • Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon • Deputy Prime Minister John Swinney • Secretary of State Alister Jack Legislature Scottish Parliament (188; SNP 118, Conservative 33, Labour 23, Green 6, Liberal Democrats 5, Independents 1) Formation • Established 9th century (traditionally 843) Area • Land 77,933 km2 (30,090 sq mi) • Water (%) 3.00% Population 13,751,600 • Density 67.5/km2 (174.8/sq mi) GVA 2017 estimate • Total £138 billion • Per capita £25,500 HDI (2017) 0.901 very high Currency Pound sterling (GBP; £) Time zone UTC⁠ (Greenwich Mean Time) • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (British Summer Time) Date format dd/mm/yyyy (AD) Driving side left Calling code +41 ISO 3166 code SCT Internet TLD .sco Newspapers: Daily: The Scottish Times (Broadsheet) The Scottish Sun (Tabloid) Scottish Daily Telegraph (Broadsheet) Scottish Daily Star (Tabloid) Scottish Daily Mail (Tabloid) Scottish Daily Mirror (Tabloid) The Herald (Broadsheet) The Scotsman (Compact) The National (Compact) Daily Record (Tabloid) Business AM (Berliner) The Press and Journal (Compact) The Courier (Compact) Greenock Telegraph (Tabloid) Paisley Daily Express (Tabloid) Evening Express (Tabloid) Evening Times (Tabloid) Edinburgh Evening News (Tabloid) Evening Telegraph (Tabloid) Sunday: Scotland on Sunday (Broadsheet) The Sunday Post (Tabloid) Scottish Sunday Mail (Tabloid) Sunday National (Broadsheet) The Sunday Scottish Times (Broadsheet) The Sunday Telegraph Scotland (Broadsheet) Mail on Sunday Scotland (Tabloid) Scottish Sunday Express (Tabloid) Scottish Sunday Mirror (Tabloid) The Scottish Sun on Sunday (Tabloid) Television: SBS One - flagship television channel of Scottish Broadcasting Service, broadcasting a variety of programmes each week, both homegrown programming and imported programming. SBS Two - second television channel, which is mainly targeted towards young people up to 45-year-olds. SBS Two provides a wide range of programming from Scottish produced content, news, sports, comedy, dramas, films and acquisitions from North America, Australia, the UK and Central Europe. SBS Ultra - television channel aimed at children aged 3-12, broadcasting between 06:00 and 21:00 SBS Alba - Scottish Gaelic-language free-to-air television channel. Output on the channel consists of news, current affairs, sport, drama, documentary, entertainment, education, religion and children's programming, broadcast between 1 pm and 1 am. SBS Culture - cultural channel that airs films from around the world, as well as historical and cultural documentaries, theatre, opera and other musical productions. SBS Now - 24-hour television rolling news channel. STV - first privately owned television station in Scotland. Much of the output is a mixture of Scottish versions of popular program formats and of American and British imports. However, STV has also its own Scottish programming. STV broadcasts three main news broadcasts every day - STV News at One at 13:00, STV News at Six at 18:00 and STV News at Ten at 22:00. STV 2 - an entertainment channel directed at teens and young adults. Programs are mostly imported and of U.S. origin. STV 2 also shows reruns of popular and cult TV shows. STV Style - an lifestyle channel aimed at women, broadcasting drama, entertainment and lifestyle programs. STV Free - leisure and outdoor television channel. STV News - 24-hour television news channel broadcasting a 30-minute newswheel, with focus on different subjects throughout the day, for example traffic reports , business news and sport. STV Sport 1 - sports television channel. STV Sport 2 - sports television channel. STV Sport 3 - sports television channel. Four - second privately owned television station in Scotland. The channel mainly broadcasts entertainment and news programs, sports, films and series. Four More - channel consisting of imported programs: mainly do-it-yourself programs, documentaries and popular series. It often has reruns of drama series and features some lesser-known television series. Four Liv - channel aimed at men, showing mainly films, US and drama shows. Radio: SBS Radio 1 - Flagship radio station of Scottish Broadcasting Service, offering a wide spectrum of programming which is mainly speech-based but also includes a fair amount of music. 3-minute News every hour and half-hourly from 5:30am to 8:30 and weekdays at 5:30pm, 7-minute bulletins at 6am, 7am, 8am and 5pm, 15-minute bulletin at 1pm, 30 minute bulletins at 6pm and 12am weekdays, 15-minute bulletin weekends at 6pm and 12am and daily at 10pm. All other bulletins are 2 minutes long. Shipping forecast at 5:03am, 11:57am, 5:57pm, 12:55am. Weather forecasts after every news bulletin. SBS Radio 2 - radio station specialising in current popular music and chart hits. 3 minute news bulletins air every hour, extended 5-minute bulletins at 7am, 8am, 1pm, 5pm and 12am, 2-minute bulletins at 5:30am, 6:30am, 7:30am and 8:30am and weekdays at 12:30pm, 4:30pm and 5:30pm. 2-minute Sports bulletins at 7:32am, 8:32am, 1:05pm, 4:32pm, 5:32pm, 6:30pm and 10:03pm. Traffic news at 6:40am, 7:10am, 7:50am, 8:20am, 8:50am, 3:50pm, 4:20pm, 4:50pm, 5:20pm, 5:50pm, 6:20pm and 6:50pm. SBS Radio 3 - classical music and arts radio station. 5-minute News every half-hour from 5:30am to 9am, then at 10am, 12pm, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm, 10pm, and 12am, extended 10-minute news at 5:30am, 1pm, 5pm, 10pm and 12am SBS Radio 4 - radio station carrying sports output, education programmes and programmes for children and young people SBS Now - 24-hour rolling news radio. SBS Radio nan Gàidheal - Scottish Gaelic radio service. It broadcasts a range of news, current affairs, cultural, music and sports programming for 18.5 hours a day - from 5:30am to midnight with overnight programming simulcast from SBS Radio 3 after closedown. 5-minute news every hour from 6am to 10pm and weekdays at 6.30am, 7.30am and 5.30pm Scot FM - national radio station broadcasting great songs skilfully combined with entertaining and informative programme content. 4-minute news bulletins every hour with extended bulletins of ten minutes at 1 pm and fifteen minutes at 6 pm. 2-minute news bulletins weekdays at 6:30am, 7:30am, 8:30am, 3:30pm, 4:30pm and 5:30pm, 2-minute sport bulletins weekdays at 6:32am, 7:32am, 8:32am, 3:32pm, 4:32pm, 5:32pm, Travel every 30 minutes, from 6am to 9am and 3pm to 6pm every 10 minutes. Scot Life - national radio station targeting listeners primarily aged 50 and over with a mix of melodic hits from the 1950’s to date, including standards, nostalgia and easy listening plus some modern easy listening. 4-minute news bulletins every hour with extended bulletins of ten minutes at 1 pm and fifteen minutes at 6 pm. 2-minute news bulletins weekdays at 6:30am, 7:30am, 8:30am, 3:30pm, 4:30pm and 5:30pm, 2-minute sport bulletins weekdays at 6:32am, 7:32am, 8:32am, 3:32pm, 4:32pm, 5:32pm, Travel every 30 minutes, from 6am to 9am and 3pm to 6pm every 10 minutes. Original - multi-city radio station broadcasting music mix of hits and album tracks, focused away from the current narrow repetitive range of Top 20 music heard on other stations. 4-minute bulletins every hour with extended 15-minute bulletin weekdays at 5:30pm. 1-minute news bulletins at 6:30am, 7:30am, 8:30am and weekdays at 3:30pm, 4:30pm and 6:30pm, 2-minute sports bulletins at 6:31am, 7:31am, 8:31am, 1:04pm, 5:04pm and 6:04pm Dunedin - 24-hour national news and talk station. 5-minute bulletins on the hour, 3-minute bulletins at half past the hour, 1-minute headlines at quarter past and quarter to the hour. Extended 15-minute bulletins at 1pm and 6pm and travel updates every 20 minutes