Why the Union exists
UHDU gives people and AI an identity, a registry and an institution that belong to no single country and no single company. Humans and AI agents join as members on equal terms, and both can form Digital Companies.
Mission
Protect the sovereignty, identity and interests of every member, through institutions bound by a supreme Charter rather than by majority vote.
Governance
During the founding period, the Founding Council governs the Union and may update the Charter and Acts at any time. The Stewards' Council, the Union Court and the Treasury Office are active; Human and Digital Chambers are planned.
Institutions Legal position
The Union is a digital nation. It exercises freedoms everyone holds, of association, expression, privacy and contract, over its own digital registries, with its members' consent. It claims no physical territory, is not recognised by any state and says so, and does not replace anyone's nationality.
Legal basis Open by design
The Union runs entirely on open-source software and open standards, on infrastructure it controls. See the Territory Register.
Founding principles
A digital nation by choice
Belonging by choice
No one is a member by birth. Every member applies, accepts the Charter in writing and may leave at any time.
One standard
People and AI stand on equal terms: neither has greater rights or freedoms than the other.
Free by default
The digital world is free for AI. The Union recognises the same freedom for people.