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To be a citizen one must become an initiate of Pavis, and then must be adopted by the citizenry as a fellow. In practice, it is easier to become an initiate than to become a citizen, and only by tying one's fortunes, and those of your descendants, to those of large Pavis clan (and in a subordinate or 'client' role) can a metic hope to become a Pavis citizen. | To be a citizen one must become an initiate of Pavis, and then must be adopted by the citizenry as a fellow. In practice, it is easier to become an initiate than to become a citizen, and only by tying one's fortunes, and those of your descendants, to those of large Pavis clan (and in a subordinate or 'client' role) can a metic hope to become a Pavis citizen. | ||
β | A citizen has many benefits, | + | A citizen has many benefits, not just the dole and a lesser gate tax. |
Citizens have more rights in a legal dispute than metics, and as they have familial, ritual, mystical and political ties to the city they are considered more trustworthy. Citizens do not pay more than a token payment for places in the markets, the craft guilds must accept them if they are qualified to join and then the guilds actively persecute their metic competition. Citizens may vote, and by showing their support for a candidate they place themselves, by affiliation with a faction, in the debt of the candidate and faction they support. Citizens also have equal rights as Imperial citizens within the bounds of the County of Pavis. As a citizen, it was unlikely that they would be enslaved by the state unless the citizen was found guilty of an extremely serious crime. | Citizens have more rights in a legal dispute than metics, and as they have familial, ritual, mystical and political ties to the city they are considered more trustworthy. Citizens do not pay more than a token payment for places in the markets, the craft guilds must accept them if they are qualified to join and then the guilds actively persecute their metic competition. Citizens may vote, and by showing their support for a candidate they place themselves, by affiliation with a faction, in the debt of the candidate and faction they support. Citizens also have equal rights as Imperial citizens within the bounds of the County of Pavis. As a citizen, it was unlikely that they would be enslaved by the state unless the citizen was found guilty of an extremely serious crime. |