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Ossira
Ossira is a town of 63,000 residents in the sub-region of Corvaluri, in the Western Region of the Republic of Fluid. The town on the open frontier with Iosmein, shut for ninety-nine years and open since 1989.
Setting
Ossira stands at the western pass where the road crosses into Iosmein. Corvaluri has the climate of the western upland, cooler and wetter than the plains, with snow lying on the high ground for six to ten weeks. The crossing is open under Article 296(2), and residents of Iosmein enter, remain, work, study and receive care here on the same footing as residents of the Republic. Distinct community languages are spoken in the border communes around the town.
History
The frontier closed with the revolution in 1890 and stayed closed through the embargo years, though Iosmein declined to enforce the embargo of 1949 and traffic continued across the frontier. The crossing reopened in 1989, five years before the Bloc was founded, and the town has roughly doubled since.
Work and provision
Cross-border transport and haulage, a joint hospital operated with the Iosmein side under Article 186, market gardening, and the largest interpretation service in the Republic. Article 16(1) obliges every organ to deal with a person in a language they understand.
Government
Elected communal council under Article 141(2), with a joint body for the cross-frontier services constituted under Article 186(2).
Historic and descriptive record maintained by the Office of Constitutional Revision. It is not law.