My ideal society is an odd one.

1. First, I would want to undo the damage the schooling babysitting system has done to modern development: We treat university like high school, and high school like daycare. I distinctly remember my first year of university getting in the top 5% of the class, with no studying, because everything was covering ground from high school. That overlap is unnecessary, and clearly, isn't present in many places. If they're teaching it twice, trim the fat. A degree should mean something.

1.5) Of course, this means less mandatory education, so the intensity and efficacy of the education that does exist will need to go up.

2. Harsh punishments for voluntary crimes. Right now in society, involuntary crimes tend to carry very high punishments, while things that people willingly do, and thus are far more likely to do again, are ignored or even tacitly encouraged. Currently, if you forget to file a dividend tax report by a single day, it'll cost you several hundred dollars, even if the report is literally only for one person, yourself, as a solo business owner. But graffitti, which can lower the market value of an entire neighborhood and thus cost MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGES (by net worths of the good and honest citizens), is often just let go with a "what scamps!". This should be reversed.

3. Everyone is fully responsible for everything they do, regardless of mental state. Someone drunkenly flashes a crowd at a sports game? Pedophelia charges, purposeful sex crime charges, the whole book gets thrown at them, no "drunk tank for a day and then release". If you can't control yourself on a substance, don't take it.

4. No government propaganda on public broadcast.

4.5) Journalists shall be held at least to the standard of a coked-out stock broker. Which is to say, if they're found communicating with others in their field as to what to "sell" to create a beneficial result for themselves, that's some variant of insider trading, and is prison time.

5. A democracy system will be in place. Voters shall be recognized as those who work earning over any gov't-assistance thresholds, who also live in the area. Welfare is fine to have, safety nets are fine with me, but those footing the bill for it are the ones dictating policy.

6. Politicians at the end of their service, be it by stepping down, term limit, or outvoted, will be subject to a second vote by the populace, the options being "retirement bonus", "nothing", or "death". Two-thirds majority in any singular category means it happens (or nothing if no dominant vote). "Death" will almost never come up in this system, but the risk must be present to keep them accountable: Only those willing to put their lives on the line for the people, deserve to lead the people.

7. Adding unrelated amendments to legal or political bills would be forbidden.

8. A bill's name must accurately reflect the content of the bill to a layperson.

9. Mandatory "light" military service from ages 18-22. Those in upper education during the service can have a portion of their service be apprenticeship within the service, in example field doctor work for med students. Those unfit to serve are still to do the training and exercises as best they can within their limitations: If you're a gun risk, you still do almost all of Basic. If you're paraplegic you're not doing the marathons, but you're still doing shooting and discipline training. You may offer your body to science instead if you're religiously against even the concept of non-combat military service, and be a lab rat for government-approved research labs.

I think this set of baseline rules would form a society far superior than the current ones around.