Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, says government ministers in London are 'bullying' the Scottish people over independence with the announcement last week that they will seek to stop an independent Scotland sharing the pound.
Catalan separatists stage a referendum over independence from Spain.
Catalonia is rumbling, but any stand-off over independence has been postponed two years or more.
Catalan elections, skewed by the debate over independence, follow in September.
Inside, visitors to the three main exhibition floors will have views over Independence Mall.
But more recently, students were denied permission for rallies over independence for Taiwan.
Perhaps that explains why one in four say they have rowed over independence with family members and friends.
In the meantime, Morocco has poured money into Laayoune, making the debate over independence almost an anachronism.
Yet his apprehension that an argument over independence warrants more than shopping-bill logic has hit a popular nerve.
Also on Thursday, the Crimean regional parliament voted to hold a referendum over independence from Kiev on 25 May.
The 30-year conflict over independence for the province of Aceh had left tens of thousands dead and a bitter legacy of grave human rights abuses.
