The Upper Class (Status Level 7-10) includes all of the aristocracy, from Queen Victoria to the newly knighted. They are literate and educated and must buy at least one level of Fine Arts, History, or the generic Library Use. Members of the upper classes do not have professions and will take a one point status penalty for pursuing one, excepting men who serve their country in the military or the government (Parliament, appointed positions including: Jurists, Ambassadors, etc.) or men and women who are members of social, religious, or philanthropic organizations. Members of the Upper classes are also members of the Church of England, at least publicly. Exceptions are very rare, and must be approved by a GM.

• Status level 10 includes Monarchs and Heads of State such as Queen Victoria or President Grant.
• Status level 9 is made up of other royalty, Lords Spiritual, and certain Lords of State including the Prince of Wales, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Lord Chamberlain of Great Britain.
• Status level 8 includes all the Peerage (titled nobility from Dukes down to Barons) as well as higher members of the clergy. The holder of the title has a seat on the House of Lords.
• Status level 7 is made up of the lower nobility; Knights and Baronets as well as the sons and daughters of peers who do not have titles of their own.

The Middle Class (Status 4-6) is comprised of the broadest selection of characters, from the wealthy owner of coal mines, to the country parson, to the valet. They may be literate, depending on their background and/or profession, or they may buy the handicap: illiterate.

• Status level 6, the upper middle class, includes well-off shopkeepers, businessmen, magistrates; basically, anyone who is doing very well in their occupation of choice.
• Status level 5, the middle class, is made up of teachers, shopkeepers, household servants, some members of the clergy, etc. This class contains the largest assortment of occupations.
• Status level 4, the lower middle class, contains members of the middle class who are just starting out, not doing well, or are rumored to have a scandalous or criminal background or lifestyle. Some members of the lower nobility who have been to debtors' prison may also fall in this class.

The Lower Class (Status 0-3) is comprised of the impoverished and the fallen. Poor immigrants, vagrants, criminals, and some streetwalkers make up this class. If the character started life as lower class they start with the handicap: illiterate (any exceptions must be cleared with a GM.)

• Status level 3 includes unskilled coal miners and factory workers, cab drivers, common sailors; anyone in a low paying and and/or unhealthy occupation.
• Status level 2 includes those without a home or regular income; beggars, streetwalkers, street rats, and drunks.
• Status level 1 is made of criminals who can be arrested on sight if seen by a policeman; known murderers, pickpockets, etc.
• Status level 0 is anyone wanted for treason or foreign nationals known to be working against the crown. This status level requires conviction through a trial or an act of Parliament to achieve. Most likely anyone of this status will be in disguise.