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The easiest explanation of what they were was basically a group of rules, set in concrete pillars, that supposedly would guide humanity’s existence into the future. Very green, very liberal, very communistic.
It was done in several language There was English, of course, Russian, Chinese, and a couple others, including I believe, Egyptian hieroglyphics. It was also constructed to act as a calendar, aligned with the different Sun positions like the solstices, kind of like a modern day Stonehenge.
One of the things it had in the rules is that the population of the Earth should not exceed 500 million people. In order to get down to that, you’d have to eliminate 95% of the world’s population.

I think you get my drift. This thing was bad news.

The inscription of the late monument to the left:

Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
Guide reproduction wisely – improving fitness and diversity.
Unite humanity with a living new language.
Rule passion – faith – tradition – and all things with tempered reason.
Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
Balance personal rights with social duties.
Prize truth – beauty – love – seeking harmony with the infinite.
Be not a cancer on the Earth – Leave room for nature – Leave room for nature.
There are a couple of points (4, 5, 7 and 9) with which I could agree, but #1 is downright ugly.