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Scotland's Government Makes Case for Independence

Independent Scotland Would Retain Queen and Pound

Updated Nov. 26, 2013 10:05 a.m. ET

Scotland's government Tuesday made its case to voters for ending the 307-year union with the rest of the U.K. in a referendum to be held in September, arguing that by gaining the power to make "big decisions," the new nation would become more prosperous and fairer.

In a 670-page document, the semiautonomous government said Scotland would retain the British monarch as its head of state after independence, would remain in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and would continue to use the...

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