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The narrative follows a young girl who drifts into a satirical, bureaucratic metropolis where municipal ownership replaces private enterprise. She meets eccentric officials and whimsical figures who demonstrate absurd public projects — an immovable trolley, an aromatic gas plant that perfumes but will not burn, a municipally run telephone system, and a city-owned police force. Episodic encounters stage debates about efficiency, language, civic responsibility, and the unintended consequences of centralized administration. The work blends nonsense-land fantasia with pointed social parody, using playful logic and comic invention to expose reformist impulses behind administrative schemes.
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