Tilivelmakulussa

Tilivelmakulussa is a fictional concept and setting used in Finnish-language speculative fiction and role-playing games. It designates a city or urban framework in which time, memory, and economic accounting are integrated into the fabric of daily life. In narratives that employ tilivelmakulussa, residents accumulate not only wealth but also temporal credits and demerits, and access to goods, housing, or social standing can depend on the balance of one’s ledger. Public spaces and digital interfaces often display personal histories and social metrics as part of the city’s infrastructure.

The concept has been used to explore themes such as memory politics, surveillance, social inequality, and the moral implications of monetizing time. Its world-building typically features ledger-based governance, inscriptions and signage that encode lives, and architectural layouts designed to mirror financial ledgers, creating a tangible connection between bookkeeping and spatial experience.

Origin and reception: Tilivelmakulussa emerged in online Finnish speculative-fiction communities in the early 2010s and has appeared in a small body of short fiction and collaborative role-playing supplements. Although not part of any canonical canon, it has been discussed in essays as an example of “ledger aesthetics” in contemporary Nordic speculative fiction.