They should just go for the end-game.
You may not enter a 5-mile radius of the capital unless you have been frisked, pockets emptied, body-scanned, DNA-sampled, and pose no real threat to your betters.
There’s only one way this gets fixed folks. If you haven’t settled in on that reality it’s time to get in the game.
I’m fine with that, so long as those looking at that “end game” are also not allowed to leave. We can just tell them their “laws” are being followed and let them live out their days in la-la land.