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A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President
Standing suits a President — it photographs taller, and the barber's sixty-three centimetres gains a certain altitude. Eleven dollars will buy the parade's route, its one licensed Tuesday, and a second haddock to lead it, since the first is drifting on its own budget. The tradesmen's quotes for the bunting can wait; nobody can do bunting and I have three who will prove it.
Nigel Royal advisor
Eleven dollars clears the route and the Tuesday, but the second haddock sails on its own budget, so the parade leads itself. The three bunting tradesmen must each be entered on the constabulary's float register at a dollar apiece, which eats what remains.
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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.