  In the landscape, states with $R$ symmetries at the classical level form a
distinct branch, with a potentially interesting phenomenology. Some preliminary
analyses suggested that the population of these states would be significantly
suppressed. We survey orientifolds of IIB theories compactified on Calabi-Yau
spaces based on vanishing polynomials in weighted projective spaces, and find
that the suppression is quite substantial. On the other hand, we find that a
$Z_2$ R-parity is a common feature in the landscape. We discuss whether the
cosmological constant and proton decay or cosmology might select the low energy
branch. We include also some remarks on split supersymmetry.
