[ WP ] You 're referred to as a number until age 18 , where you recieve a name based on your personality . On your 18th birthday , you receive far more than just one name .

`` But mom, I do n't want a new name. I'm okay with being just a number, really.'' 
 
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 My mother sighed. `` Honey, you have to get your name sooner or later. You ca n't be a whole person without it! Otherwise, you'll just be a drudge until the day you die. Only named people can rise above the others, just those who have something unique, something that really identifies someone as a person. Go on, fill out the survey.'' 
 
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 `` Alright, mom.'' I groaned. Torn away from a lazy day of colors and abstract doodling, I turned to the sheets of paper on the table before me. I raised my pen, and started. 
 
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 Four long, boring hours later, I slid my papers into the slot at the bottom of the survey platform. My mother led me away to a set of chairs to the side, sat me down, and we waited. Another hour passed, and the bullhorn sparked to life. 
 
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 `` **Citizen Number Two-Five-Six-Eight-Zero, your entry has been processed and analyzed. After careful review of your answers and the time it took you to give them, we have determined your name. From this day forth, you are no longer Citizen Number Two-Five-Six-Eight-Zero. You are now Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso. **'' 

