Chests are protected on faction land, you take half as much damage when your on your faction land but you can be killed. If you build walls that people can't get past you will be fine.
Thanks for the feedback. I wanted to add some additional information for people.
We are a free build server that is entirely player built except the spawn city. Chest protection is default. Never worry about having your items stolen! You have to be given rights to build by an admin(This protects us from grievers) You CAN purchase land protection with iconomy money using the residence plugin. Stay active if you choose to play here. If you go in-active for over 5 days you lose your membership unless you contact an admin ahead of time.
I just wanted to quell the onslaught of people joining and the first thing they say is OP me...
We have people in place to run the server already, that is the gist of my message.
We welcome like minded adventurers that are interesting in playing on a small community based server that is looking to slowly grow over time and maintain a quality level of players.
This is a SURVIVAL SERVER, no one will get MOD or OP or ADMIN. You have farm or buy all of your stuff from shops. This is not a creative server and items will not be spawned for you.