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As of [[2030]], the Papal State had a population of 56,706. Of these, approximately 38,201 were [[Urcea]]n nationals, with the remaining 18,000 being either foreign nationals or true natives of the Papal State. People living in the Papal State can broadly be divided into three categories. The most numerous type of Papal State resident are so-called "ancient" residents, individuals who have lived in the portion of Urceopolis at the time of the 1815 Concordat. Making up about 25,000 of the State's population, the ancient residents live and work normal lives within the State while not working for the Church itself. Generally speaking, moving to the Papal State beyond one's work and relationship to the Church is not permitted, and accordingly the ancients are able to demonstrate either true ancestry from prior to 1815 or otherwise married in or inherited property within the State. The second most populous type are administrative employees of the Church and their families. Many of the Church's employees live beyond the State's borders in [[Urceoopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] and its suburbs, but a lottery exists to allocate space within the State for these individuals. The third group of people within the State are priests, bishops, and religious (including both male and female), nearly all of whom come from abroad. These individuals make up the seniormost government and Church officials within the State.

As the Papal State is an enclave within [[Urcea]], its military defense is provided by the [[Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea]], an arrangement formalized in the 1815 Concordat. Despite this arrangement, the Papal State is officially a {{wp|neutral state}}. The Papal State has no armed forces of its own, although the [[Yonderian Guard]] is a military corps of the Holy See responsible for the personal security of the [[Pope]] (both inside the Papal State and abroad) and residents in the state. Soldiers of the Yonderian Guard are entitled to hold Papal State passports and nationality. At the end of [[2030]], the Guard had 789 members. All recruits must be Catholic, unmarried Yonderian males who have completed their basic training with the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] with certificates of good conduct, and must be between the ages of 18 and 30. The Yonderian Guard are equipped with traditional weapons, such as the sabre and halberd, as well as with modern firearms. The Guard's duties can be expanded in a dire emergency at the request of the Gendarmerie Corps to deal with national defense emergencies such as an insurrection. As the Papal State has listed every building in its territory on the International Register of Cultural Property under Special Protection, the International Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict theoretically renders it immune to armed attack.