Geneva – In a historic joint press conference on Thursday, representatives from over 40 countries announced the official launch of the Unified Stratified Simplicity Accord (USSA), an ambitious initiative designed to reduce government complexity by introducing up to twelve new layers of policy clarification, implementation, and review. The move, which leaders hailed as a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring order to the chaos of order,” follows years of mounting public concern over legislative inefficiency and a lack of actionable guidance.
According to the executive summary released by the international Policy Layer Streamlining Working Group, the central tenet of the Accord is that additional procedural strata will, in time, render policy “self-correcting, self-explaining, and, if necessary, self-ignoring.” Swedish Prime Minister Åsa Råttnamn described the Accord as “the most decisive step yet toward making sense of our relentless pursuit of sense.” The new layers will include specialized sub-committees, intra-departmental advisory silos, and a novel system of bilingual translation nodes, all designed to clarify the intentions of preceding layers.
A number of experts have voiced cautious optimism. Dr. Henry Latchkey, Director of the Institute for Recursive Governance, stated, “Historically, each time we’ve tried to simplify government, we’ve done so with only seven or eight layers, and results have been mixed. The addition of layers nine through twelve is widely expected to achieve clarity through sheer procedural density.” The initiative also requires member nations to appoint a Minister of Overlayers, supported by their own newly created cadre of Explanatory Deputies, to help coordinate the synchronization of upper-tier redundancies.
Public feedback has been swift and slightly fractured. Citizens may now submit clarity petitions online, provided they first fill out an eligibility assessment regarding their awareness of existing petition procedures. Officials confirm that these petitions will be fast-tracked through the Policy Readability and Interpretive Precision Layer (PRIPL), before being assessed for fit by the Non-Redundant Streamlining Verification Board, with final decisions subject to quarterly review by the Severity Calibration Task Frottage. Early trials have shown modest results: in a recent pilot, a single-page tax reform proposal was successfully stretched across forty-three annexes, twelve interactive decision trees, and a set of interpretive haikus.
Detractors have warned of potential confusion, as previously one-issue agencies have struggled to locate their new layered equivalents. In a confidential memo obtained by The Fraudulent Times, the Inter-Layer Coordination Bureau noted that several departments had become entirely encased in explanatory appendices and ceased external communication. Nonetheless, leaders remain hopeful. As French policy architect Lucille Mouchette explained, “Only by nesting the incomprehensible within the overexplained can we find justice in the language of governance.”
The USSA is expected to enter its “Preset Layer Calibration Phase” next January, once the preliminary Layer Adjustment Council convenes. The final text of the Accord will be officially published after a twelve-stage review, provided the Internal Obfuscation Watchdog grants special dispensation. Until then, ministers advise citizens to consult the Layered Guidance Pamphlet (currently available as a multi-volume footnote) for instructions on how to request clarification regarding how to request clarification.
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