# Package
A package is a special native object which contains 0 or more blueprint definitions. Because it is an
object, packages inherit object-like qualities such as the ability to have object modules
(like metadata).
## Package Blueprint and Package Package
This type of relationship creates the following circular definition:
`An Object is of some Blueprint type.`
`A Blueprint is part of a Package.`
`A Package is an Object.`
This circular definition creates the notion of the Package Blueprint and the
Package Package (similar to Class.class in java). A Package Blueprint is the
blueprint type of a Package object and Package Package is the package which
contains the Package Blueprint.
Due to the circular dependency, the first object (Package object) is created
without following standard object creation process. It's directly [flashed into
the database](../../../protocol/genesis_bootstrap.md).