A good model is the politest way of taking a person seriously. – Methods Sheet of Order Architecture, foreword
ALLOCATION NOTICE – CITIZEN CREDIT SYSTEM MINISTRY OF ECONOMICS, MACROECONOMIC CONTROL ISSUED AT: Voss Industrial Works, Tower, 5th floor (Control does not reside in the Ministry; its head wants to see what her numbers do) ALLOCATION PERIOD: the current one. There is only the current one. Dear Registration Number, Your points score for the current period has been determined. It stands below. Do not read it as a verdict. Read it as an allocation: your nutrient ration, your living space, your commuting distance and the length of your waits at the Compliance Kiosks derive from it, in that order. The paste you receive tomorrow morning weighs in grams what your number permits. It tastes of whatever it should least taste of for you; that is not part of the allocation, that is the Bureau of Sustenance. Control distributes what there is too little of. This is not a complaint. It is the only honest work in Velgarien: whoever administers scarcity cannot tell themselves there is enough for eve...
From the lore of Velgarien.