Commerce, in the legal-fiction sense, is a theatre. Actors wear masks—personae. Scripts are statutes and codes. Stages are administrative courts, bank counters, and roadside stops. Props are IDs, tickets, and forms. The audience may sit in a gallery; the dock holds the accused “vessel.”
Presenting
Theatre of Commerce
Presenting “Vessel in Commerce”
Starring: John-Henry: Doe as MR JOHN HENRY DOE
Performing acts of legislation
Under Admiralty Maritime jurisdiction
On the “Sea of Commerce” in the “Law of the Sea”
An artificial legal person is a character in that play: a dead entity under Admiralty/Maritime jurisdiction, the international Law of the Sea. You were not born into the cast. You were born into a sovereign estate of body, mind, and soul under Common Law—the Law of the Land.
The production needs living energy. Without a man or woman to play the person, the stage goes dark. That is why every scene seeks the NAME, the date of birth (registration), and a mark that looks like consent.
You may attend the theatre as a conscious agent—or you may refuse the role. Either way, know it is a performance, not your nature.
Related: What Is a “Person”?, The Courts, A “Person” Has No Body.