You may know this country for some national icons, such as the kilt, the bagpipe, and the marvelous whisky of its land. However, this is the site you should enter to get to know Scotland from a complete perspective. Scotland.gov.uk is the website the Scottish government has put at your disposal to provide you with all the information you need to know about it, its culture, its society, and its people. At the homepage you will find the latest headlines about governmental issues, as well as a list of links that will lead you to specific sections. To access news, publication, and consultations, you should click the links at the top of the homepage. Here you can also learn a lot about the public institution that is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs, and transport. Did you know that the Scottish government manages an annual budget of more that thirty billion pounds? You can learn that and a lot more at Scotland.gov.uk