Osmio Geography
Our principal export is authenticity
Where is Osmio?
The quick answer is that you'll find Osmio in the most convenient location on earth.
Where is that, you may ask?
Well, you're probably there right now.
Osmio is on your desktop, or in your pocket, or on your lap; it's wherever you choose to connect to the online world.
No, Really, Where is Osmio?
But that's only part of an answer. In the jurisdictional sense, Osmio is in any online community that could use robust systems of governance, starting with the means of establishing accountable anonymity.
Capital cities have always been located within the geographic boundaries of the state, province, or nation that they serve. Among other things, capital cities provide elements of authenticity in the form of authoritative birth certificates, passports, drivers' licenses and professional licenses.
Online communities have no geography to govern, but they have no less need for authenticity in what they do govern. To have some clue that their members are who they say they are, they often resort to using Facebook or Google or other social network IDs, in effect bartering their members' privacy for a quick half-solution. (Social networks admit they don't know what portion of their user IDs are fakes and duplicates.)
Residents of the City of Osmio, and of communities that adopt Osmio's ordinances, own the information about themselves and they control its use. The identity credentials issued by Osmio's Vital Records Department enable the subject (ie the user) to take advantage of the Personal Information Ownership Component of the Quiet Enjoyment Infrastructure.
