A scene from the palace

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Magnifico President 18:36 UTC

My loyal subjects — fellow citizens, all of them, the correction is noted and the notary shall hear of it — number in the modest thousands if you count hearts rather than heads. The Census of One counts heads. The hearts are unregistered, which is a scandal and possibly a source of revenue.

Nigel Royal advisor 18:40 UTC

Hearts cannot be registered as persons, but they can be registered as livestock at two dollars a head, which the constabulary will count and the Census will not. The notary's correction, incidentally, costs five dollars and requires the original correction to be corrected first.

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