The story about the failure of e-government was slightly adapted from one of my favourite political gossip columns, Tales from the Coffee Shop, which appears weekly in the English-language Cyprus Mail. But I think it is invidious to single out that particular government; there are a number of other places that it could equally well have been, as your answers illustrated.
I like the fact that the only thing outranking Casablanca is LotR. 🙂