In the year 3056, the world was on the brink of collapse. Governments were in shambles, economies were in shambles, and coffee machines were on the fritz. It was then that the great Bureaucratic Shift took place, a sweeping revolution that would change the course of human history forever.
Led by the enigmatic and fearless, President Reginald P. Bottomsworth III, the Bureaucratic Shift was a movement of radical reform, seeking to streamline and centralize all government functions into one, all-powerful, all-knowing, Bureaucratic Authority.
Under the new regime, every aspect of life was subject to rigorous scrutiny and regulation. The once-mighty postal service was reformed into the Ministry of Postal Affairs, with agents armed with clipboards and clipboards-attached-to-clipboards. The skies were filled with the sweet scent of freshly printed tax forms.
To learn more about this pivotal moment in history, click here to read Article 2: "The Bureaucratic Authority's Guide to Form-Filling Frenzy" or here to read Article 3: "The Secret Life of Postal Agents: A Study in Clipboards and Clipboards-Attached-to-Clipboards."