I am haunted by UK geography

While attempting to request more hardware for GBAtemp's review center, I found myself contacting a company in hopes of getting a review unit of something pretty cool. After a few days of waiting, I got a response. And it has haunted me, leaving me constantly thinking about it. In the deepest stretches of night, I will ponder this conundrum, and lay awake for hours just asking, "why?".

What could possibly mess me up so badly? Let me tell you, dear GBAtemp users.

This company is located in Scotland. They were fully ready to ship us the item, at least, until I provided a shipping address to the UK.

Their response was that they can't ship overseas to the UK from Scotland.

Scotland...overseas...from...UK.

As an American, I can say that I don't know much when it comes to UK geography, but I was almost certain that Scotland and the UK shared the same landmass. Perhaps I had been wrong this whole time? And Scotland really was adrift, floating somewhere in the distance, across the sea from the UK?

I checked maps. I found the HQ of the company. It's all land. There's no ocean between the two.

Hi Krista,
Thanks for getting in touch and for considering x!
This sounds like a great opportunity, however as you're aware, we are located in Scotland and don't actually deliver overseas to the United Kingdom (although we hope to do so in the future). I'm sure we'd love to get involved in something similar but until then it's not going to be possible for us.

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It's been bothering me for weeks.

Has Scotland become upset with the UK and decided to fly away to become their own territory?

Did they take Brexit so literally that they broke apart from the continent and decided to live life on the seas?

Why. How. When. What.