# Sovereign Data Continuity **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Sovereignty / Data **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Established state-level architecture ## Definition **Sovereign Data Continuity** is a state's ability to preserve authoritative data, systems, and digital functions under its legal control despite territorial, provider, or infrastructure failure. ## Continuity Significance It is the state-level precedent for treaty-backed and cross-jurisdictional continuity custody. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence Data embassies and sovereign-cloud initiatives operationalize parts of this concept. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note State data continuity is not citizen personhood continuity. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Data Embassy|Data Embassy]] · [[wiki/Estonia-Luxembourg Data Embassy|Estonia-Luxembourg Data Embassy]] · [[wiki/Treaty-Backed Custody|Treaty-Backed Custody]] · [[wiki/Sovereign Failure Domain|Sovereign Failure Domain]]