As I said, so long as the SNP is actually seriously looking to the future instead of going 'FUCK YEAH! INDEPENDEEEEEEEEEEENCE! INDEPENDENCE ONCE AGAIN FOR SCOTLAND IN CENTURIESSSSS! *independence happens* Well... fuck. What the hell do we do now, mates? HEEEEEEEEEEELP!"
Unfortunately I can see a very big case of the way Ukraine is 'independent' from Russia. Which is to say, not that independent. Just the noun is applied, everything else they are dependent on Mother Russia. What Russia does impacts the Ukraine whether they like it or not. But, that may happen no matter what since Scotland is fused to England and Wales and the like.
If, however, the SNP does what they can to bolster the steel industry, is smart about oil, does good exporting, knows how to do tourism properly, etc., we could see a very strong and independent nation.
Some of the people I spoke to seemed like they knew what they were doing but it's drastically easy to fake it.