This chapter investigates the spaces in which citizens encounter the state in rural Rajasthan, and the implications of these encounters for claim-making practice. The first part draws on literatures in anthropology and political economy to describe the salience of class, caste, gender, neighborhood, and village cleavages. The second part of the chapter discusses the permanence and permeability of these boundaries, examining a series of structural, political, and institutional changes that together have begun to enable greater connectivity and mobility and, by extension, exposure beyond the immediate community and locality. This process, however, is uneven: boundaries that remain highly restrictive for some are more malleable for others. The third part of the chapter illustrates this unevenness and its consequences for citizen action. Drawing on village-level accounts from across Rajasthan, I explore how differences in social and spatial exposure shape citizens’ aspirations and capabilities for claim-making, influencing both their linkages to the state and their expectations regarding social welfare provision.