Residents

Next to citizens, residents are the next most powerful category of person, particularly in the economic sense. They are more common than citizens, and becoming a resident is much easier than becoming a citizen. Like citizens, residents have certain rights and responsibilities to the state. Generally, about 20% of the population of a state are residents.

Rights of Residents

Right to bodily and psychic integrity.
Right to file legal civil suit.
Right to create legally binding and enforceable contracts.
Right to own certain classes of land.
Right to engage in foreign trade.
Right to petition for tenancy for an employee.

Responsibilities of Residents

Required to have lived in the state for 3 Life Cycles or more.
Required to maintain a principle residence in the state.
Required to serve on a jury if summoned.
Required to mediate (non-criminal) disputes between tenants.
Required to protect their lands from menace.

Gaining Residency

Generally speaking, residency is granted as a result of economic contribution. The more money a person has, and the more taxes they pay, the more likely they are to be granted the status of resident. Generally speaking, people who reach SS4 or SS5 will be granted residency provide they have lived in the state and maintained a residence there for long enough.

In the common case of persons working regulated guilds or professions, where the children may be expected to apprentice under the parents and inherit their business, this status becomes a de facto familial status (and in some states it is actually granted as a familial status). Because of the expanded economic rights granted to residents, this status also unlocks opportunities to accumulate more wealth and power, and over generations can become a path to citizenship.