26 November 2005 UTC Well Permyakia and Perm Oblast have established economic ties and a lot of common infrastructure that s one of the main reasons Also Permyakia is heavily dotational relying on the federal transfers to form a significant portion of its budget Problem is federal government is not always good with transferring funds timely which as you imagine creates all sorts of issues Perm Oblast on the other hand is a donor and once both budgets are merged it will ease the pain somewhat but note that during 2006 there will still be two separate budgets so there will be a transitional period Another thing Permyakia will still have a special status within new Perm Krai The main scoop is that Permyakia will no longer need to rely on federal government s transfers but will of course become dependent of Perm Krai s budget and Perm Oblast will gain access to Permyakia s resources The merger also lowers administrative costs instead of two local governments there will only be one Considering that Russians and Komi Permyaks co existed peacefully for quite some time there is something in this merger for both parties In 2003 a poll of 309 people was conducted among the population of both oblast and autonomous district The most common pro merger responses were because together is better 21 because the common budget will create better opportunities for the territories development 19 because the government will be able to build new bridges and roads 15 and because there will be a reduction in the number of government workers 12 15 43