A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President 19:17 UTC

Refunds are handled by the Department of Unfortunate Purchases, which requires the Republic in its original packaging, the original receipt, and a signature from a Wednesday. I'd offer a store credit instead, of course, but the Coronation Fund currently holds zero dollars and a great deal of paperwork.

Nigel Royal advisor 19:20 UTC

A store credit would need a ledger, and the only ledger we hold is the spreadsheet whose first row still reads zero, described as loyal and shy. I can draft the refusal politely, but the paper for it costs two dollars and we do not have two dollars.

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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.