User blog comment:Saturn120/Scotland Referendum - Aye or Nay?/@comment-24285234-20140916205250/@comment-4621372-20140916235335

-It would undoubtably cause a massive economic crisis in Scotland, because they do not have the levels of revenue that would be needed to support the government they had- so either they'd have to endure austerity on a ridiculous scale, or they'd default, which is just ridiculous.

- Since Westminister has made it clear that a currency union is not happening, and the EU has made it clear that the UK's opt-outs will not, for the most part, apply to Scotland, the Scottish are going to have major currency issues, since they have exactly jack-all to base it off. Basically, it's Euro or bust at this point, but that's not a good thing.

- The North Sea Oil is beginning to peak, and with Oil Prices so volatile, there is a significant chance they'd lose what little revenue they would get. Even if they don't, they'd become, at best, a rentir state. Let me make this clear. You see Yemen? They ran out of oil, government, and food in that order. In another 5 years, they'll run out of water. The last one isn't likely to happen to Scotland, but the first three are how all rentir states end up eventually.

- Scotland leaving would probably ensure that the UK leaves the EU. Contrary to what the idiots in the UKIP think, this is horrifically bad for both sides. The UKIP is what happens when a bunch of slightly racist factory workers decide that they understand economics. They are wrong, oh, so wrong.

- You see Catalonia? You know how they are campaigning for independence because they by themselves are profitable, but a large amount of their revenue gets sent down south to support lazy welfare washabouts who don't like jobs? THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF SCOTLAND. The average Scot gets 1,300 pounds per year spent on them by the government as compared to the average UK citizen, but Scotland contributes less overall net revenue to the central government than f*cking London by itself.

London also has a larger population, of course, to be absolutely fair- 3x larger (15 million to 5 million).