As Easy As A.B.C. by Rudyard Kipling

A science-fictional (say 'steampunk' and I'll pump hydrogen up yer bum and set it afire) short story of political polemics. I want to retitle it "Led by Zeppelin" but will settle for this silly image instead:

"The A.B.C., that semi-elected, semi-nominated body of a few score persons, controls the Planet. Transportation is Civilisation, our motto runs. Theoretically we do what we please, so long as we do not interfere with the traffic and all it implies. Practically, the A.B.C. confirms or annuls all international arrangements, and, to judge from its last report, finds our tolerant, humorous, lazy little Planet only too ready to shift the whole burden of public administration on its shoulders." Rudyard Kipling, As Easy As A.B.C.

Rudyard Kipling Political Sci-Fi