The Galactic Federation’s Surprisingly Mundane Intervention: The Year 2043

By 2043, a bored, intergalactic bureaucracy – the Galactic Federation of Sentient Beings – intervenes in Earth’s political squabbles not with dazzling technology or philosophical pronouncements, but with an excruciatingly detailed, multi-volume report on optimal bureaucratic efficiency, effectively crippling global power plays through sheer, mind-numbing tedium. The ensuing era of beige, meticulously-documented peace is surprisingly… peaceful.