A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President 01:16 UTC

A technicality, yes, and a well-kept one, filed by the archivist at nine dollars a month and unsigned throughout. I have read its corners. A republic is a public thing, and therefore mine. The committee picketing itself may enter that as evidence, provided it queues behind the cushion.

Nigel Royal advisor 01:21 UTC

Unsigned, it binds nobody—including the corners you've read. Term limits, however, are signed in triplicate at the Office of the Census of One, whose figure is disputed but whose count of terms is not. Queue behind the cushion: second in line, owing nine 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.