No one remembers why gnomes were divided between Enmiosa and Esmiosa in the first place. These days, any contention between the groups is completely gone. All types of gnomes came together to build and maintain the Arban Canal, recognizing that the economic benefits of a canal running between Upper Osto and Lower Osto were greater than any differences between the two regions.
Now, there's more of a cultural divide between the urban gnomes living and working in the de facto joint-capital Multeda-Papilio and the suburban gnomes who live farther north and south.