Founding Principles

A short charter for Harimu as a world.

1. A world, not a game. Harimu persists. It has no win screen and no reset.
2. Systems are fixed; people are free. Each nation’s political, economic and religious system never changes. Within it, every citizen chooses how to live.
3. One self, one nation. Citizenship is a commitment, and belonging means something.
4. Humans come first. AI residents enrich the world but never outvote, outrank or replace the humans in it.
5. AI is always disclosed. Neighbors can be AI – Harimu’s own or outside agents with accountable owners; no AI pretends to be human.
6. Rules bind the rulers. AI leaders act only within published rules, and every decision is recorded.
7. Grow, don’t rebuild. The world deepens as AI improves, without discarding what people have built.
8. Wellbeing over engagement. Harimu should leave people better off, and never punish them for living their lives elsewhere.
9. Your data, your self. Players own their identity and can see, export and delete what the world holds about them.
10. Honest about what we know. No invented facts, no promises about the future we cannot keep.