diff --git a/client/src/context.rs b/client/src/context.rs
index 6cf0f5c..dde100e 100644
--- a/client/src/context.rs
+++ b/client/src/context.rs
@@ -9,25 +9,40 @@ use crate::clock::SimulatedSystemClock;
 use crate::clock::SystemClock;
 use crate::control::Response as ControlResponse;
 use crate::peer::PeerMap;
+use crate::server::context::{ServerContext, ServerLoginInfo};
 use crate::server::room::RoomMap;
 use crate::server::user::UserMap;
 use crate::Config;
 
 /// Contains all the different bits of client state.
-#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct State {
   pub rooms: RoomMap,
   pub users: UserMap,
   pub peers: PeerMap,
 }
 
+impl Default for State {
+  fn default() -> Self {
+    Self {
+      rooms: RoomMap::default(),
+      users: UserMap::default(),
+      peers: PeerMap::default(),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /// Holds process-wide context for message handlers to execute against.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Context {
   /// Mutable state.
   pub state: State,
 
+  /// Server-related context bits.
+  pub server: ServerContext,
+
   /// The user name with which we logged in to the server.
+  // TODO: Use the value in `server` instead.
   pub user_name: String,
 
   /// Sender half of a channel used to send requests to the server.
@@ -101,7 +116,19 @@ impl ContextBundle {
 
     Self {
       context: Context {
-        state: options.initial_state,
+        state: State {
+          rooms: options.initial_state.rooms.clone(),
+          users: options.initial_state.users.clone(),
+          peers: options.initial_state.peers,
+        },
+        // TODO: Do not login immediately, wait for a login event.
+        server: ServerContext::new_logged_in(
+          options.user_name.clone(),
+          ServerLoginInfo {
+            motd: "unimplemented".to_string(),
+            request_tx: server_request_tx.clone(),
+          },
+        ),
         user_name: options.user_name,
         server_request_tx,
         control_response_tx,
diff --git a/client/src/event.rs b/client/src/event.rs
index ec694a4..16e6298 100644
--- a/client/src/event.rs
+++ b/client/src/event.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use crate::control;
 /// The type of events affecting the client.
 #[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Event {
+  // TODO: events for login stuff
   ControlRequest(control::Request),
   ServerResponse(ServerResponse),
 }
diff --git a/client/src/server/context.rs b/client/src/server/context.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa4b589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/server/context.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+use std::mem;
+
+use anyhow::anyhow;
+use solstice_proto::ServerRequest;
+use thiserror::Error;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender;
+
+use crate::server::room::RoomMap;
+use crate::server::user::UserMap;
+
+/// Server-related state stored when we are logged in.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ServerLoggedInContext {
+  /// Chat rooms hosted by the server.
+  pub rooms: RoomMap,
+
+  /// Users connected to the server.
+  pub users: UserMap,
+
+  /// Sends requests to the server.
+  pub request_tx: Sender<ServerRequest>,
+
+  // Immutable, see accessor methods.
+  user_name: String,
+  motd: String,
+}
+
+impl ServerLoggedInContext {
+  /// The user name with which we logged in.
+  pub fn user_name(&self) -> &str {
+    &self.user_name
+  }
+
+  /// The message of the day sent by the server when we logged in.
+  pub fn motd(&self) -> &str {
+    &self.motd
+  }
+
+  /// Records that we have logged out.
+  pub fn logout(self) -> ServerLoggedOutContext {
+    ServerLoggedOutContext {
+      user_name: self.user_name,
+      error: None,
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/// Server-related state stored when we are logged out.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ServerLoggedOutContext {
+  // Immutable, see accessor method.
+  user_name: String,
+
+  // Once set to `Some(...)`, never set to `None` again.
+  error: Option<String>,
+}
+
+/// Information provided upon a successful login.
+pub struct ServerLoginInfo {
+  /// The message of the day sent by the server when we logged in.
+  pub motd: String,
+
+  /// Sends requests to the server.
+  pub request_tx: Sender<ServerRequest>,
+}
+
+impl ServerLoggedOutContext {
+  /// The user name with which we will attempt or have attempted to log in.
+  pub fn user_name(&self) -> &str {
+    &self.user_name
+  }
+
+  /// The error received during the last login attempt, if any.
+  /// `None` if we have never attempted to log in.
+  pub fn error(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+    self.error.as_deref()
+  }
+
+  /// Records that we failed to log in, and the server sent us the given error.
+  pub fn set_error(&mut self, error: String) {
+    self.error = Some(error)
+  }
+
+  /// Records that we logged in successfully.
+  pub fn login(self, info: ServerLoginInfo) -> ServerLoggedInContext {
+    ServerLoggedInContext {
+      user_name: self.user_name,
+      motd: info.motd,
+      request_tx: info.request_tx,
+      rooms: RoomMap::default(),
+      users: UserMap::default(),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/// Server-related client state.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ServerContext {
+  /// We are logged out of the server.
+  LoggedOut(ServerLoggedOutContext),
+
+  /// We are logged in to the server.
+  LoggedIn(ServerLoggedInContext),
+}
+
+fn server_logged_out_error(error: &Option<String>) -> String {
+  match error {
+    Some(error) => format!("login error: {}", error),
+    None => "not logged in".to_string(),
+  }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+#[error("{}", server_logged_out_error(.error))]
+pub struct ServerLoggedOutError {
+  error: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+#[error("logged in as {user_name}")]
+pub struct ServerLoggedInError {
+  user_name: String,
+}
+
+impl ServerContext {
+  /// Constructs a new logged out context with the given user name.
+  pub fn new(user_name: String) -> Self {
+    Self::LoggedOut(ServerLoggedOutContext {
+      user_name,
+      error: None,
+    })
+  }
+
+  /// Constructs a new logged in context with the given information.
+  pub fn new_logged_in(user_name: String, login: ServerLoginInfo, rooms: RoomMap, users: UserMap) -> Self {
+    ServerLoggedOutContext {
+      user_name,
+      error: None,
+    }
+    .login(login),
+    Self::LoggedIn(
+    )
+  }
+
+  /// Attempts to record a successful login. Fails if we are already logged in.
+  pub fn login(
+    &mut self,
+    info: ServerLoginInfo,
+  ) -> Result<(), ServerLoggedInError> {
+    let context = match self {
+      Self::LoggedIn(context) => {
+        return Err(ServerLoggedInError {
+          user_name: context.user_name.clone(),
+        })
+      }
+      // Replace the previous value with a dummy that we will immediately
+      // overwrite. This allows us to move the previous context out from under
+      // a mutable reference.
+      Self::LoggedOut(context) => mem::replace(
+        context,
+        ServerLoggedOutContext {
+          user_name: String::new(),
+          error: None,
+        },
+      ),
+    };
+
+    *self = Self::LoggedIn(context.login(info));
+    Ok(())
+  }
+
+  /// Attempts to record that we logged out. Fails if we are not logged in.
+  pub fn logout(&mut self) -> Result<(), ServerLoggedOutError> {
+    if let Self::LoggedOut(context) = self {
+      return Err(ServerLoggedOutError {
+        error: context.error.clone(),
+      });
+    }
+
+    // See `mem::replace()` call in `login()`.
+    let old_self = mem::replace(self, Self::new(String::new()));
+    let context = match old_self {
+      Self::LoggedOut(context) => unreachable!(),
+      Self::LoggedIn(context) => context,
+    };
+
+    *self = Self::LoggedOut(context.logout());
+    Ok(())
+  }
+
+  /// Returns a reference to the logged in context.
+  pub fn logged_in(
+    &mut self,
+  ) -> Result<&mut ServerLoggedInContext, ServerLoggedOutError> {
+    match self {
+      Self::LoggedIn(context) => Ok(context),
+      Self::LoggedOut(context) => Err(ServerLoggedOutError {
+        error: context.error.clone(),
+      }),
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Returns a reference to the logged out context.
+  pub fn logged_out(
+    &mut self,
+  ) -> Result<&mut ServerLoggedOutContext, ServerLoggedInError> {
+    match self {
+      Self::LoggedIn(context) => Err(ServerLoggedInError {
+        user_name: context.user_name.clone(),
+      }),
+      Self::LoggedOut(context) => Ok(context),
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/src/server/login.rs b/client/src/server/login.rs
index 8333318..39e20b8 100644
--- a/client/src/server/login.rs
+++ b/client/src/server/login.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+use anyhow::bail;
+
+use crate::context::Context;
+use crate::event::EventHandler;
+
 /// Represents the status of the login operation.
 ///
 /// In order to interact with the server, a client cannot simply open a network
@@ -20,3 +25,51 @@ pub enum LoginStatus {
   /// Stores the error message as received from the server.
   Failure(String),
 }
+
+pub enum LoginEvent {
+  Success(String),
+  Failure(String),
+  Disconnected,
+  StatusRequest,
+}
+
+pub struct LoginEventHandler {}
+
+fn handle_login_success(
+  context: &mut Context,
+  motd: String,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+  bail!("unimplemented")
+}
+
+fn handle_login_failure(
+  context: &mut Context,
+  error: String,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+  bail!("unimplemented")
+}
+
+fn handle_disconnected(context: &mut Context) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+  bail!("unimplemented")
+}
+
+fn handle_status_request(context: &mut Context) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+  bail!("unimplemented")
+}
+
+impl EventHandler for LoginEventHandler {
+  type Event = LoginEvent;
+
+  fn handle(
+    &mut self,
+    context: &mut Context,
+    event: LoginEvent,
+  ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    match event {
+      LoginEvent::Success(motd) => handle_login_success(context, motd),
+      LoginEvent::Failure(error) => handle_login_failure(context, error),
+      LoginEvent::Disconnected => handle_disconnected(context),
+      LoginEvent::StatusRequest => handle_status_request(context),
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/src/server/mod.rs b/client/src/server/mod.rs
index 3e75ae2..82a6674 100644
--- a/client/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/client/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod context;
 mod login;
 pub mod room;
 pub mod user;
diff --git a/client/src/server/room/event.rs b/client/src/server/room/event.rs
index 9975106..b53a8be 100644
--- a/client/src/server/room/event.rs
+++ b/client/src/server/room/event.rs
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     // Close the channel, so we can observe it was empty without hanging.
     drop(bundle.context.server_request_tx);
+    bundle.context.server.logout().expect("logging out");
     assert_eq!(bundle.server_request_rx.blocking_recv(), None);
   }
 
diff --git a/client/src/server/room/map.rs b/client/src/server/room/map.rs
index f75904e..d715680 100644
--- a/client/src/server/room/map.rs
+++ b/client/src/server/room/map.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub struct RoomMembershipChangeError(RoomMembership, RoomMembership);
 pub struct RoomNotFoundError(String);
 
 /// An entry in the chat room map.
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct RoomEntry {
   name: String,
   state: RoomState,
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ impl RoomEntry {
 
 /// Contains the mapping from room names to room data and provides a clean
 /// interface to interact with it.
-#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
 pub struct RoomMap {
   /// The actual map from room names to room data.
   map: HashMap<String, RoomEntry>,
diff --git a/client/src/server/user/map.rs b/client/src/server/user/map.rs
index 7d5a966..881c360 100644
--- a/client/src/server/user/map.rs
+++ b/client/src/server/user/map.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub struct UserNotFoundError(String);
 
 /// Contains the mapping from user names to user data and provides a clean
 /// interface to interact with it.
-#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
 pub struct UserMap {
   /// The actual map from user names to user data and privileged status.
   map: collections::HashMap<String, User>,