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This. Even in the books, the Federation is only service-level fascism.
Everything is common-sense-based, and only the most violently organized and high IQ individuals are selected for leadership.
Sky Marshal is chosen based on their immediate plan for dealing with the current x/y/z. There is very little politics involved; each plan is a byproduct of a results-based system.
There is no cartoonish dictator or massive brain drain created by a progression system that requires the strongest to fight each other for supremacy; likewise, there is no graft or corruption.
Hygiene, both social and individual, is emphasized.
Low IQ individuals are screened entirely out of the gene pool, creating an intellectual and philosophical harmony.
There is no discrimination of any kind, at least not any that is evident. All institutions and processes are merit and results-based. The distinction between a civilian and a citizen is seemingly an afterthought in all matters except legal.
The Federation honestly and openly covers the disasters and Buenos Aires and Klendathau. The stereotypical jingoism is still there.
Every single person depicted in the story shows a genuine dedication to the Federation, which itself shows a genuine dedication to the greater good of all.
The military continues to evolve as the Federation's understanding of the bug increases.
Everyone is beautiful/respectable, and intelligent. Even Rico, who is considered jarhead tier by analytics, is still a capable, charismatic problem solver and effective leader.
The only real example of class differences is between civilians and citizens; both those labels are entirely optional, no one forces you to choose either side.
This is the system you're trying to mock? Because 99.9 percent of the human beings that ever lived would find living in a world like this immediately preferable to the one we're in now.
