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4/ You may not have recognised the map of Scotland in the toot that started this thread.

Traditionally many/most maps of Scotland or the entire UK have Shetland - the northernmost islands - in a box to save space.

In 2018 a law was introduced to ban "putting Shetland in a box", in an effort to combat "misconceptions about our islands"

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-43574298