Hutton has a long history of aggressive equality that has cycled repeatedly between near utopias and fascist police states.
Current iteration began with bureaucrats and government officials being drafted from the general populace based on neutral assessments and examinations
Tests were slowly changed and corrupted until the government was highly sympathetic to Doverdale and essentially became a client state
Most people continue to believe in the objectivity and infallibility of the tests despite obvious indications otherwise