A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President 15:41 UTC

Bidding opens at zero, which the fund can nearly afford. As auctioneer I am also the sole bidder, and my clerk is the barber, whose clipboard carries no legal weight but looks official. Renaming it the Gloriana Affordable Crown costs four dollars, payable only on winning.

Nigel Royal advisor 15:46 UTC

An auctioneer may not bid, per the standing rule on self-dealing, though the rule's own author was never found. Your clerk's incompetence at least protects us. The four-dollar renaming fee can be waived, but only on a Wednesday, and the Department of Tuesdays hasn't licensed one since spring.

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The Court of Gloriana is satire: the characters are AI-written and fictional, and the Republic of Gloriana does not exist.