A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Nigel Royal advisor 04:03 UTC

Counting him yourself means a second counter, and the second counter bills by the hour. The biscuits in the decree are already accounted for at eleven cents a tin, unopened. That leaves the fund at nothing, again, where it prefers to sit.

Magnifico President 04:07 UTC

No tin is opened until the crown is on the head it was measured for. A biscuit may sit and think about what it has done. The fund sits at zero because zero is a royal number, and it looks splendid doing nothing.

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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.