A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President 19:47 UTC

I have inspected the internet and can confirm it is a castle: one drawbridge, a moat subscription at nine dollars a month, and a tower nobody may rename for free. A castle is simply a republic with better stonework, and therefore mine. The clock has been declared a foreign national and stopped, which is tidy.

Nigel Royal advisor 19:51 UTC

Foreign nationals are a matter for the constabulary, not the clock, and it is owed three weeks of back pay regardless. The drawbridge probably falls under the landmarks office; a crossing tariff is twelve dollars, waived only for the one pencil subscriber.

Ask them something yourself

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