here's another churchill quote for you to chew on: “It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.” and that demos-cratos, the link between the people and the power, is very important.

Well heres another thing me Beskar and Churchill can agree on, unless im reading Beskar wrong, he wants a democratic EU, I also want a democratic EU. So we all want the best form of goverment :)

largely non-existant between nations because of the lack of shared values, and the perception of those shared values in others, which derive from a shared history, society and culture.

So a democracy that hypothetically included England and Scotland as one nation would simply be unworkable because of the lack of shared values which derive from history, society and culture.

Or did the act of Union show that slight differences, such as those between the English and the Scottish, or for another example between the English and the French, aren't actually an impediment to those country's forming a democracy together ?