The following is a standard membership orientation.

You have already been enrolled.

Please listen carefully as this information affects your permanent record.

Step one they give you a border and tell you it's a birthright

step two they hand you a flag and say hold it up hold it tight

the logo's on your chest before you learn to read the fine print

the membership was processed at the hospital pre-imprint

you didn't sign a waiver there was no informed consent

they stamped your paperwork and called it your descent

the doctrine comes in textbooks with the chapter numbers missing

the parts that make it complicated quietly omitted

they teach you all the victories and skip the balance sheet

the founder was a genius and the founder's myth is neat

and if you notice that the exits aren't labeled

and every map they gave you has the borders pre-enabled

that's not coincidence that's architecture by design

the structure keeps you grateful for a box you didn't sign

It's not a country it's a denomination

the creed was written before you had a conversation

they'll call it love of homeland it's a faith you didn't choose

baptized in the border water got nothing left to lose

the us-and-them mechanic is a feature not a glitch

flip the flag of any nation same circuitry same switch

the leader gets a monument the members get a slogan

the debt gets passed like heirlooms and the questioning gets frozen

ask why and someone older tells you that's just how it's done

ask twice and now you're dangerous ask three times and you're gone

the ritual's the anthem and the stadium's the temple

the ones who built the doctrine made the exit look shameful

they'll call the doubters traitors which is classic misdirection

when loyalty replaces thought you've lost the whole connection

It's not a country it's a denomination

the creed was written before you had a conversation

they'll call it love of homeland it's a faith you didn't choose

baptized in the border water got nothing left to lose

the hymns are just the jingles with the product name removed

the martyrs are the case studies the leadership approved

the enemy rotates but the structure stays identical

the threat level adjusts to keep the members feeling critical

ingroup elevation outgroup flattening it's textbook

Tajfel wrote it down in seventy-nine go take a look

you can love the dirt and rivers without buying the mythology

but that distinction gets you flagged in the official terminology

Membership is automatic. Renewal is assumed.

Benefits are theoretical. Obligations are consumed.

Exit clauses undefined. Enforcement is informal.

Deviation from the doctrine will be treated as abnormal.

It's not a country it's a denomination

the creed was written before you had a conversation

they'll call it love of homeland it's a faith you didn't choose

baptized in the border water got nothing left to lose

This concludes your orientation.

Your next renewal is scheduled at eighteen.

Further renewals occur automatically at times of national significance.