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Didn't Scotland try to make an empire in Eastern Canada, eastern USA, Africa, and Panama, then bankrupt themselves and agree to the Act of Union with England making Great Britain?



Lol. If you call a segment of the merchant class (kind of like silicon valley) the entirety of the country and ethnic group.

But that would be a major misunderstanding. So no.




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