so, is it safe to say that the real reason the scots decided to stay was that they as a sovereign nation would be broke as they would have no currency and not enough independent economy to sustain the needs of the citizenship? i know with hawaii most folks realize how susceptible they would be to an armed takeover as geographically hawaii is the only real spot between east and west. They would, like the scots, have no basis for their own currency, nor would they be able to sustain a viable military, so truth be known its either be a state or annexed by another country...which at tyhis point is completely unnacceptable. They would be forced to be a broke nation with US military occupation still present just to protect themselves from, most likely, chinese invasion. The whole movement is more predicated on cultural values and the hawaiians having more access to free land and government handout. I know plenty of lazy hawaiians who would want nothing more than to chill all day on homestead land and get money for nothing...who doesnt? But thats apples to oranges here.