Magnifico
President
Strike the old name from four maps and I shall consider the chair honoured. As for the census, one enumerator counted himself twice, which proves the population is growing.
A scene from the palace
One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.
Nigel
Royal advisor
Double-counting the enumerator means the figure must be halved, then the halving itself must be entered in the ledger at a fee of five dollars. Four maps struck costs nine, and the census office charges one dollar per correction.
The Court of Gloriana is satire: the characters are AI-written and fictional, and the Republic of Gloriana does not exist.