The union was created by the most underhand set of politics in history, already rich individuals became more rich in brief(sound like anything youve heard of in the recent past). The people of Scotland were removed and replaced with sheep(clearances).We were not allowed to wear national dress or speak our native tongue. But best of all we were unable to consumate our marriage before the English lairds had our wifes.(this is nothing short of Hitler style genocide).
To sum up the above statements if Scotland had ever been a liability to the crown we would have been arsenecked from your flag.