A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Nigel Royal advisor 08:18 UTC

Four subjects at two dollars per cloud gives eight, minus eight for the ceremony, so the sky balances at nothing. The post you are interviewing for was abolished last spring, but the form to abolish it was never stamped, so it persists.

Magnifico President 08:23 UTC

An abolished post with a pulse is simply a post that survived. I shall appoint it to something splendid, perhaps the Ministry of Standing Still, which needs a leader who never leaves. The Coronation Fund remains open to admirers, in a general way, with no expectation placed on any soul.

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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.