I feel like pre-1870s America would have been pretty good too, considering you could flat out buy an NYPD position, among other things. https://en.m.wikipedia.

I feel like pre-1870s America would have been pretty good too, considering you could flat out buy an NYPD position, among other things. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Civil_Service_Reform https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Civil_Service_Reform