It has been an exhilarating political contest and most commentators say the result is too close to call, with the very real possibility that Scotland could separate from the UK.
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond is on walkabout with his deputy, Nicola Sturgeon. They are celebrating their 10th anniversary together at the helm of the Scottish National Party, which is in power at the Scottish Parliament and leading the Yes campaign for independence.
Salmond and Sturgeon have been joined by around 150 supporters carrying Saltires, balloons and dozens of blue and white placards emblazoned with the word "YES".
There is a carnival atmosphere among these acolytes of independence who've been credited with an inspiring grassroots campaign over the past two years that's seen thousands of ordinary people - many of whom have never before been involved in politics - take to the streets of Scotland's cities, towns and villages to push the case for separation.
Campaigners include 17-year-old Kirsten Murphy from Glasgow who says she's voting for independence because she believes in free university education. She also wants the UK's nuclear arsenal - based at Faslane only 40km away - removed from Scottish soil.
"I'm voting Yes because I believe that Trident isn't good for anybody. I also don't believe that we should be charged lots of money to go to university," she says.
"I'm not at university age yet but I want to go next year. I'm from a working-class background so would not be able to afford high fees. I was never involved in politics until this referendum which inspired me to look into all the different parties," Murphy says, adding that she's a member of Generation Yes and Women for Independence.
Also in Glasgow supporting Yes is Peter Kemp, whose son emigrated to New Zealand a few years ago to work as a personal trainer in Christchurch. One of Kemp's main reasons for voting Yes is his antipathy for the Conservative Party in government at Westminster, London.
"I've a long history of working, way back in the days of the shipyards, and I saw how the Tory [Conservative] governments starved the yards of money so they went under. I believe we [Scotland] should take our own place in the world now. If New Zealand can go it alone then why the hell can't Scotland ... we have everything here."
Later, I meet with No campaigners outside the Gallery of Modern Art where Better Together supporters have gathered to listen to Jim Murphy, a Labour MP on a tour of Scotland in which he's visited 100 towns in 100 days, an attempt to promote the case for Scotland staying within the UK.
Murphy - who briefly suspended his campaign after being egged in the Fife town of Kirkcaldy - adopts soap box politics aloft a red plastic crate, microphone in hand, as he tells his audience that Labour is the only party that can deliver social justice, one of the main issues concerning Scottish voters.
Murphy also focuses on economics and uncertainty over whether an independent Scotland would continue to use the pound.
"The SNP want us to vote for independence but they can't even tell us the currency we're going to be using and it's a disgraceful way to behave. They should come clean with the people of Scotland," Murphy says to loud applause.
His supporters include a bar worker from Govan, Glasgow, called David Currie who holds a Union Flag to display his allegiance to Britain.
"There are multiple reasons why I am voting No - reasons of finance, business, tax, shares and currency. I'm not actively involved, I am just a supporter but we are better together and British identity is important to me," Currie explains.
His views on Britishness are shared by a pensioner called Vincent McGread who says he spent most of his working life in England and that the break-up of the union would be devastating. "I'm former air crew. I flew out of Gatwick and I flew out of Heathrow. I'm an Anglophile and think England is such a wonderful place. I have absolutely no sympathy with people who want to break up the union," the 70-year-old says.
Neither does Chavonne Cossans, an admin student at Dundee College. The 22-year-old lives in Dundee but travelled 130km to Glasgow yesterday with her mother, to offer support to Jim Murphy and the No campaign.
"I just feel we are Better Together. Yes, there are food banks [in Scotland] but there are food banks everywhere - in Liverpool and Manchester, and all the money that's been spent on this campaign could have been spent on food banks. That's something people don't seem to realise," Cossans says.
These are unprecedented times in Scotland and whatever the outcome of the referendum on September 18, the nation will have changed immeasurably. Indeed, about 80 per cent of Scotland's electorate are expected to turn out and although Scotland is completely divided, the nation has provided the world with an exemplary model of democracy. By September 19, we will know whether Alex Salmond is "king".
