turude
Turude is a fictional term used in worldbuilding and speculative fiction to describe a cooperative socio-economic practice centered on shared decision-making and resource pooling within a community. In many imagined cultures, turude denotes a system where groups collectively manage common property, rotate leadership, and maintain open, auditable records of decisions and transactions.
In-world etymology attributes the word to a Turudian language, with roots interpreted by authors as meaning
Core characteristics of turude include participatory assemblies, rotating leadership roles, and consensus-based governance. Economic aspects often
In fiction, turude is used to explore tensions between egalitarian ideals and practical constraints, such as
See also: participatory governance, cooperative economics, shared wealth, worldbuilding concepts.