It was the year 2019, and the Empire was in disarray. Meetings were held, and reports were filed, but progress was not made.
Meetings were held at 9am sharp every Monday morning, with the CEO of the Imperial Ministry of Time-Keeping presiding over the proceedings.
Each meeting was a battleground, where petty squabbles and bureaucratic infighting held sway.
But amidst all the chaos, a glimmer of hope flickered to life. A young bureaucrat, known only as 'The Whiz,' had a plan.
The Whiz proposed a new system, one that would streamline the Empire's processes and make it easier for the average subject to navigate the Byzantine labyrinth of Imperial red tape.
But alas, The Whiz's plan was met with resistance from the entrenched powers that be.
And so, the meetings continued, with The Whiz's plan gathering dust on the shelf, a victim of the Empire's all-consuming bureaucratic inertia.