It can be any genre. Mainly, I’m interested in a setting where there’s a cast of thousands. They act on impulse rather than intelligence, and commit colossal blunders. The story would depict how the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
An example would be Chairman Mao telling the people of China to get out their nets and capture a certain type of bird that eats rice to prevent a shortage. After this is done, the insects the birds used to eat now thrive because their natural predators are no longer around. They go on to eat voracious amounts of plantlife, and cause more damage to the environment than the birds could ever dream of doing.
I have all the Discworld books, so don’t need any suggestions there. Ditto for all the Flashman books and PJ O’Rourke. Plus, they don’t all have to be about the W. Bush administration.
Well, on a less grand scale, you might try Donald Westlake’s books about Dortmunder. The first (I think) is The Hot Rock. They’re caper stories about a gang of burglars that has… um… bad luck. Very, very funny. In the same vein but different characters is Westlake’s Dancing Aztecs
And, of course, if it’s farce you want, there’s anything by P.G. Wodehouse.