There are more than 4 million registered voters in the country, and well over 80 percent of them were expected to turn out

EDINBURGH — It’s a small, simple, six-word question, but how it’s answered will have enormous consequences; should Scotland be an independent country?

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He has ridden to the rescue of the faltering “No” campaign — injecting passion into what had been a dry, economic argument.

“What we have built together by sacrificing and sharing, let no narrow nationalism split asunder ever,” he told a cheering audience in his native land.

For two long years those have been the arguments; each side convinced it’s on the right side of history.

It has divided Scotland. Drinkers in one Edinburgh pub were sharing space, but clearly didn’t see eye-to-eye over their pints.

“I’d like us to take the chance to govern ourselves, to go our own way,” one man told Phillips.

“I do get that,” said a woman sat nearby with her child, “but jumping into the abyss is not worth it.”

Even as they headed into the polling booths Thursday to mark their ballots, many still weren’t sure what they were about to do.

One of the problems with predicting the results of the referendum, explains Phillips, is there’s never been a vote like this before, and many people who have never voted — including 16 and 17-year-olds — have registered.

They’ll be counting ballots all night in Scotland, and if it’s as close as it seems, they may have to count them again.