The civil service system was created to recruit the best employees to work for the federal government to apply the merit system to review discrimination problems reported by federal workers to stop the patronage system

I believe the answer is:  for the federal government to apply the merit system

Merit system refers to a system of hiring or promotion that based on the person ability in doing their job.
Prior to this, the government officials were elected on a nepotism basis, where the ones that have inside connections are the one that most likely hired and promoted.

It would be around the egyptian area.

Currently, as of february 2016, an american traveling in france would be by the exchange rate. the weakness of the euro and the strength of the us dollar means that items in france cost less to an american than they otherwise would. of course, if this trend reverses and the us dollar weakens and the euro strengthens, such as was happening in early 2008, an american traveling in france would have an adverse experience because items would cost relatively more.