1) the weather in Scotland is horrifically inconsistent. it's either too cold, too wet or too f**king hot!
2) people like this!
my country is full of these pricks! they absolutely looooove talking with a Glaswegian accent (even though many of them have never even set foot in Glasgow), drinking Buckfast (even though most can't handle their alcohol) and then smashing random passerby's faces in with the bottles. i have a couple of scars on my face from "encounters" with these rather charming so-and-so's.
3) video game publishers like Atlus have a serious hate-boner for Europe, leading to many titles either having seriously delayed, seriously limited or no European release.