Utopia, Limited

About the show

On the South Pacific island of Utopia, King Paramount hopes his daughter Zara’s education in England will help transform the kingdom. Zara returns with six British advisers, the Flowers of Progress, and their recommendations impress the Utopians. Mr. Goldbury persuades the King to turn the country into a limited-liability company. This change strips the Wise Men Scaphio and Phantis of their power to threaten the King, and the island adopts British institutions and customs. When the Wise Men convince the people that the reforms have made the country dysfunctional, Zara proposes a two-party system whose mutual obstruction will satisfy everyone. The plot ends with the Wise Men imprisoned and Utopia praising Britain.