Talk:Alora
Open border Proposal between Gobrassanya and Alora
Introduction
Currently the nations of Gobrassanya and Alora have had very close ties for quite a long time regarding economic interests. Additionally the Grand Lakes International Region is a unique cross border region where citizens from each country live, work and participate in the economies of both countries simultaneously. Some citizens work in one country and live in the other. The area also shares a major systems and international airport, being the only place in the country to have the distinction of having an international airport that exists in two countries at the same time. The Grand lakes region has participated as if it has had a single economy only separated by the use of different currencies. with the rise of electronic transactions and digital currencies this provides the opportunity to open the region to all citizens of both countries and elimnate the restrictions caused by having to negotiate border crossings and clear through customs when traveling between countries.
Challenges
Open borders would pose challenges regarding the idea of loosening restrictions and this could have several implications and benefits
Benefits
- Citizens would be able to come and go as they please from either country without having to negotiate a "border crossing"
- there would no longer be strict customs and security enforcement.
- Travel between countries would become easier especially in cross border economies like Grand Lakes, Malinton/Queensburg and the Asperic coastal cities.
- Both countries have citizens that share the same or complimentary nationalities and cultural heritages that would no longer be as divided
- Cost of enforcement and military presence would decrease as border checkpoints would no longer need to be staffes or have limited staffing.
- Border checkpoints could be converted to welcome centers or Stop-and-Go checkpoints (see proposals below)
Implications
- Less security
- Potential for increase in cross border crime
- people can cross the border to potentially avoid enforcement or prosecution
- trafficking
- Different currencies in each country
- this could be remedied by pegging one currency to another.
- And both currencies are currently valued based on the value of the United Standard Dollar.
Many if not all of these implications can easily be addressed by having agreements in place and cooperation between the countries.
Proposals
Option 1 - Border Removal
- Decommision border control checkpoints and customs facilities between Alora and Takora allowing freeflow of travel between countries
- Checkpoints can be converted to welcome centers.
- freight traffic would still negotiate the ports of entry along the border and proceed through weigh stations.
- Border checkpoints would need to be converted to welcome centers or decommissioned altogether.
Option 2 - Limited Checkpoints
- Convert checkpoints to "Stop-and-Go" fucntionality.
- Citizens would stop breifly and pass a border security point
- would no longer be required to show government documents or passports
- would be simply waived through to gain entry to the other country.
- Border security would be able to "selectively" detain and investigate individuals based on established security criteria
- this would be similar to interior border checkpoints in the United States. (By the way I hate these.)
- This option would require some modification to existing border crossing facilities to allow stop and go operation.
Option 3 - Minimal Change
- Leave the border checkpoints in place
- Instead convert the Grand Lakes International Region into a special economic zone
- (and potentially have other international economic zones)
- Allow freeflow of travel and limited or no border control in these "zones" as detailed in option 1
- In the international zones, border control checkpoints would be located further inland at the boundaries of the economic zone
- (For example. changing the Grand Lakes region into a special cross border area with freeflow, then placing checkpoints further inland to the country when leaving the "economic zone".)
- (there is an example of this at the Grand Lakes Int'l airport since it is literally one airport in 2 countries.)
- (For example. changing the Grand Lakes region into a special cross border area with freeflow, then placing checkpoints further inland to the country when leaving the "economic zone".)
Option 4 - Do Nothing
- Leave the border checkpoints as is and continue participation in the GPFTA
Summary
Personally I like option one the best. This proposal can also be expanded to include Khaiwoon as well if it chooses to participate.
Country Code - Working Proposal
OpenGeoFiction Country Codes for Telecommunications - Numbering Plan (Proposal) Proposal to use a 3 digit country code that conforms to the regions as listed below.
- Zone 1 (Tarephia)
- Zone 2 (Western Uletha)
- +200 Southern Uletha Numbering Plan-proposed (Gobrassanya/Khaiwoon/Alora)
- Zone 3 (Eastern Uletha)
- +381 - Izaland (already claimed by this user)
- Zone 4 (Antarephia)
- Zone 5 (Northern Archanta)
- Zone 6 (Southern Archanta)
- +611 - United States of Archanta (already claimed by this user)
- Zone 7 (Reserved for New World continents Ereva)
- Zone 8 (Reserved for New World continents Kartumia)
- Zone 9 (Reserved for New World continents Orano and Pelanesia)