Bureaucracy is organization and coordination. It's the only way yet devised to run a country at scale, and for all its flaws, it works.
For the intricate and complex Roman bureaucracy which persisted between emperors, this thread provides an accessible overview:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistoria...an_bureaucracy
For the 20th century, it suffices to look at how the militaries of the great powers were run. Every single one that proved successful was a bureaucratic machine.
Here's a brief defence of military bureaucracy from an officer and instructor at West Point:
https://mwi.usma.edu/defense-military-bureaucrat/
So since this is R&F, might I suggest that if you genuinely think bureaucracy is anything but essential and necessary, you have your head up your arse.