The Tale of Ak and Humanity

Seems pretty simple and unnecessary by the time we end the story, but while reading it was quite interesting. It's slightly dated but that's not surprising considering it was published during the 1920s and the misogynistic descriptions of women are quite awful. If I'm to understand correctly, the author is using satire to criticize the government authorities who use absolutely nonsense metrics to decide who is a good citizen and who isn't, who deserves respect and dignity and who doesn't. Very fascinating premise about the importance of life and humanity.