Scotland, the vote or the result?

Scotland has decided and we will soon find out what the vote delivered. However we wont find out if Scotland gets stronger or weaker for at least a few years and then perhaps a decade. How will the causation be seen before during and after, who will play the biggest role in making the outcome successful. It makes you think a lot about Counterfactual Reasoning and also the role of "Authority and the individual"! The right result will be delivered, its a democratic vote, but the long term outcome is all that matters. For sure we all hope the Scots, the Brits and all variations of are happier in future!