Ready to Join The Five Rings?
The choice — and the consequences — are yours.
What Joining Means
Joining is a bigger step than moving to a better city. You opt into a different civilizational contract, where trust, safety, and opportunity are structurally linked to how you behave.
Entry runs through moral accounting on your existing record: a qualifying criminal history sorts to -1, -2, or -3, and everyone else begins in Main Layer (0). From day one there: $10,000/month UBI, backup vessel continuity, full access to advanced technologies, and the freedom to build any life you choose. Your outward actions are legible to a system built around consequence. Harm permanently changes the environment you are allowed to inhabit. Sustained compliance opens higher layers. The system is explicit about what it does and why.
Join if you want a civilization that builds trust into its architecture. If you want the benefits without the consequences, don't join.
Before You Begin
- Read the Charter and Layers to understand that layer reassignment is permanent and what each ring offers
- Consent to the implant procedure — voluntary, but refusal carries real social and access consequences
- Submit your application below. It is reviewed against your Earth history, psychological profile, and behavioral trajectory to set your starting layer.
Complimentary audiobook. All applicants receive free access to The Five Rings — a 1-hour narrated introduction to the civilization. Yours upon submission.