How Brexit Could Split Up the U.K.

While the U.K. has officially voted to leave the European Union in its long-anticipated "Brexit" referendum, Remain-majority countries Scotland and Northern Ireland are already making noises about their own departure from the U.K.

In Scotland, 62% of the U.K.’s northernmost country on the British mainland voted to remain in the E.U. — strikingly higher than Britain’s overall 48% Remain vote.