# Government Continuity vs Citizen Continuity **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / State Capacity / Conceptual Distinction **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Canonical distinction ## Definition **Government Continuity vs Citizen Continuity** distinguishes systems that keep the state functioning from systems that preserve identity, rights, records, or existence of individual citizens. ## Continuity Significance Data embassies prove continuity can be a sovereign duty, but they do not prove a duty to preserve persons. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence Continuity-of-government, national archives, and data embassies are state continuity; civil registration and identity systems concern citizens. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note Never cite state continuity as direct evidence of a personal continuity right. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Sovereign Data Continuity|Sovereign Data Continuity]] · [[wiki/Citizen Continuity|Citizen Continuity]] · [[wiki/Data Embassy|Data Embassy]] · [[wiki/Residual Sovereign|Residual Sovereign]]