3. Corruption Correction

President Romulus Peace distrusted most politicians ever since the Great Recession of 2020, so when the Capitol was fully instated and the senators elected, he proposed the first law that would take effect in Panem, the Corruption Correction Act. Corruption began to span the whole network of government, from federal to small town local, and Peace wanted to change that to ensure happiness in Panem. His beginning focus was on the federal government, not so much the Senate or the courts because they were just formed with new people, but the departments and agencies that the US government had that haven't been disbanded by the Capitol.

Federal Correction

First of all, all entities not closed down were moved to the Capitol before the full ratification of the Constitution of the Capitol due to the President's confidence.

Some agencies were shut down immediately and some were dissolved slowly but given some restricted abilities. Some were slowly closed down in full. The major body to have the least of work done on it was the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but its executive staff was completely altered.

The Department of the Treasury also had a lot of major correction within itself. First, as a law added as amendment to the Constitution of the Capitol was that the federal regulation for printing money was based off of need by federal standards, not by want of having more money than necessary in circulation. Also, the Federal Reserve was disbanded from Panem, as Peace wanted to return to the gold standard as the monetary system was more stable that way, especially because he chose to keep the US Dollar as the official Panem monetary system. The entire staff of executives in the Treasury were personally fired by the first Panem Secretary of the Treasury, Edwin Morris, who was still young, about 28 years old. He brought in newer people who had experience in economics with a full collegiate background. Peace personally checked over the Treasury every week for the remainder of his presidency, making sure that another corruption sweep was not necessary.

As the US Congress had not fully accepted that the government was turned over to the administration of Romulus Peace, he had to find a way to coax Congress into closing its doors. When Arthur Perona signed the Constitution of the Capitol, he thought he was signing it as the last act of executive order he could do before Peace reprimanded his power. But, even though by US law the Congress had to allow the executive order, they refused, forcing the whole city of Washington, D.C. into isolation while they attempt to recover the nation. The unfortunate part for them was that the military swore an oath to Panem and the US President was now in confinement by the Capitol via his own request. Plus, the US Supreme Court yielded their power to the Capitol Supreme Court. Congress was merely scraping along until President Peace and the Advising Council, as well as five different senators decided by the state with the most members of the House of Representatives, appeared on Capitol Hill.

Peace demanded that Congress disband on the sovereignty of their own soil before Washington, D.C., a place where the popular vote was 95% FOR the Constitution of the Capitol, is fully added into Panem. The US Senate threatened to alert the United Nations about the legality of Peace's rebellion, only to be shot down with Peace and Panem's current at the time UN Security Council delegate, Ariann Fuler, presenting an official delegation recognition for the Republic of Panem. (Peace wanted more isolationist views, but was in the UN to protect domestic interests by protecting the nation from foreign threats.) Still, Congress wouldn't stand down. The People's Senate proposed evacuating the city and then putting a blockade on it, but Peace vetoed that faster than any President has vetoed anything. He didn't want to harm anybody, he just wanted to get the nation of Panem on track.

Peace went to the day session of January 30th, 2055 and proposed a stipend for all congressmen and women to willingly disband and allow the Capitol to be the official government seat of Panem. The stipend worked, and Congress disbanded, but wished to be integrated into the Senate, but was denied. As soon as the building was evacuated, Capitol police officers locked the doors and guarded the building.

State Correction

After solving the issue with Congress, the Capitol was able to fix the rest of the federal government with little to no problems. But, there was more than just federal corruption in the governmental system.

The states' governments were not changed at all between the ratification and implementation of the Capitol's rule. The states each had their own corrupt individuals to deal with, but the Capitol didn't trust them to do it on their own. President Peace sent advisors to watch over the whole process, which included re-electing the governors and lawmakers, to changing state regulations that conflicted with Capitol agenda. The state correction was cleaner and quieter than the federal correction because the federal government respected states' rights, and wanted them to complete it without interfering with other decisions, such as the fact Panem didn't remove the US troops from World War III.

Local Correction

The easiest correction for Panem under the CCA was local governments, where the least corruption was, with the exception of a few metropolitan areas, which took a little longer, but was successful. The states watched over the local cleansing as an advisor of President Peace's Council kept an eye on them, making sure the act was respected. The most common was reopening every position for election, no former incumbent allowed for re-election.

The CCA required extensive surveillance, but only watching the governments, not the public. Police officers were there to protect and serve. The CCA didn't affect the public except for bringing them in new representatives in government. The next thing is that the public knew that the CCA was going on, and exactly what was happening. It wasn't a secret, as Peace didn't believe in governmental secrets. That is why he removed the power of executive privilege. He wanted all political matters to be in the public's attention.

Now, the corruption wasn't the only thing Peace had to deal with in his presidency. There was still a world war, as well as federal policies needing enforced. With the CCA fully completed by 2056 began, there was still a lot on the President's plate.

Note: The CCA was only Peace's way of reforming the American democratic system with little problems. It was very successful, but the success and stability of Panem was short lived after Peace leaves office. Please review!