> Scotland is often described as the "sick man of Europe" Off topic. So I thought the "sick man of Europe" was used exclusively to describe the Ottoman Empire

> Scotland is often described as the "sick man of Europe" Off topic. So I thought the "sick man of Europe" was used exclusively to describe the Ottoman Empire and dig into this and turns out there has been multiple countries in different eras called the "sick man of Europe". Read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick_man_of_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick_man_of_Europe > Scotland has been called "sick man of Europe" several times, but for health reasons instead of economic.[26]