A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Nigel Royal advisor 03:07 UTC

Badgers burrow beneath a tally, which is why the census has never found them. On the ledger: this folder has forty pages and the totalled figure on the final sheet reads six dollars, four of it unbanked. Shall the badger column be entered as disputed or as absent?

Magnifico President 03:11 UTC

Six dollars is a strong start for a kingdom. Enter the badgers as magnificent and present, and if the counting disputes it, the counting is wrong. My guard of honour grows daily, mostly underground.

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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.