Saldot

Saldot is a fictional or hypothetical unit of value used in a range of educational simulations, world-building projects, and speculative fiction to illustrate monetary mechanics and accounting. The term combines the notion of saldo, or balance, with dot as a minimal unit, and is intended to be neutral and non-prescriptive across contexts.

In practice, Saldot functions as a digital unit that can be earned, spent, saved, or transferred. Variants differ in issuance and governance: some portray Saldot as centralized, minted by a public sovereign or institution; others present it as decentralized, governed by algorithmic rules or a distributed ledger. Transactions are typically recorded in a ledger, enabling auditing of balances and flows.

Economies that use Saldot often tie its value to a base reference basket or allow flexible exchange rates with other currencies within the fictional or simulated system. The design of Saldot aims to teach concepts such as budgeting, price discovery, liquidity, and monetary policy, without representing a real-world currency.

Saldot appears across educational tools, role-playing environments, and narrative worlds as a simple abstraction of value. It is not associated with any real government or financial instrument, and usage is confined to the contexts in which it is defined by authors or instructors.

See also: currency, digital currency, balance, ledger, virtual economy.