Back in the ancient days of yore, when you could look out the window of your Egyptian mud hut to see the Great Pyramids under construction, possibly by you (though not at that moment unless you happened to have freaky noggin powers, which would rule), and in the foreground knights fighting dinosaurs under the direction of Alexander the Great (a time also known as 1971), Moses came down from the Mount holding three tablets for delivery to his people the Jewsraelites: the first two were a two-volume set known collectively as "Ten Commandments Of Highly Effective Deities Who Will Smite You If You Break Them, 'Them' Being The Commandments, Not The Deities, Who Are Unbreakable But In a More Interesting Fashion Than That Bruce Willis Movie" and later renamed "The Ten Commandments Starring Charlton Heston", while the second was the little known "One Commandment About Government: It Must Be Boring" which did not sell as well because its title was the entire content of the book.
Despite the fact that the book did not sell well, humans took the lesson to heart. And so, even today, countless (36) years later, government is often so boring that just being within thirty yards of a television tuned to C-Span can cause brain tumors the size of an elephant with a nasty case of gigantism. But it would be foolish to assume that this is how things have to be, which is precisely why there have been no major advances in this area. Because people are fools. But mankind's growing technology has allowed him to take control over the previously uncontrollable, such as dinosaurs, which today are kept on secret island theme parks where nothing ever goes wrong because they've heard of secured backup generators for crying out loud. And so man has, by his own labor, allowed himself to play God in the Populous video game series; and if he can do that, then, by Man, so too can he turn government into something that doesn't cause bleeding pus-filled ulcers to form on one's eyeballs when looked at straight on. Here are three of my suggestions:
Reality TV
Think "The Biggest Loser", only instead of losing weight it's about legislating. Basically the show would feature a bunch of people trying to come up with the legislation that would win the largest number of total votes, with the 535 winners going to Congress or the Senate. Naturally, since anyone seeking to win would have to have an extensive knowledge of law, government, and the legislative process, the show would still be called "The Biggest Loser".
The President, naturally, would be elected via a process not unlike American Idol, meaning that ultimately our Presidents would be individuals have some talent as entertainers whom I personally loathe. The major difference from the current system is that the President would have some talent at all.
Mysterio's County Shuffle!
Every county would be randomly allotted to a different state every two years. New maps would be drawn. Children would be forced to memorize the new maps. This wouldn't actually make government more interesting, but I'm always in favor of the suffering of children.
Athletics Requisite
Once our legislators are determined via reality television, they would undergo a series of trials compelling them to actually do something, for God's sake. To that end, they would no longer convene in the capitol building but instead in a special isolated area approximately six square city blocks in size. In order to go home, they would have to meet a quota of legislation passed or drafted depending on recent performance and need.
Oh, and meanwhile they'd have to fight off the angry bears and robots and robot bears that fill the area while avoiding the fire, knife, spear, alligator, lava (more like lol-va), pit, stone, water, acid, arrow, poison, explosive, rocket, catapult, razorwire, electrical, laser, disease, paralysis, and sound traps that will be sprinkled through the area. Naturally, C-Span (renamed, perhaps, X-Span, because it would be so extreme) would suddenly be a very popular channel.
And that's how I saved the country yet again.
