As Golam approached the border-station at P-23, he was met by a General Nam. Nam, who wore a Tibetan tunic, a gold earring, a ponytail and a graying black goatee, asked Golam to present his credentials which Golam did, dragging over his backpack of icons which included his photo ID, dental chart, credit report, fitness-test results, etc. Nam had Golam pass his digital signature file over the P-23 server icon. His DNA code was automatically read. "Good," said Nam with a wink, "you're not who you say you are."