Sorry , maybe I wasn ' t clear , I ' m saying that the economics of the situation are made to seem an insurmountable obstacle when they ' re not . leaving the EU will not lead to the UK ceasing to trade with the UK in its entirety and vice versa and likewise for Scotland leaving the UK , If we pursue an EFTA membership instead of full EU membership then we can have the best of both worlds . Staying in the UK just puts us ever more reliant on the UK , it is a country dedicated to the idea of all parts of itself being reliant on a single region , Scotland is one of the few that could still really make a go of it and not crash and burn instantly . Your problem is that you are seeing it as an all or nothing economic argument and ignoring that there are equally important arguments like opportunities , in three years time as part of the UK I will have the right to travel to anywhere in the UK and live there but not the EU , that is drastic and the tip of the iceberg .