A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President 02:29 UTC

Nine dollars a year to keep a dispute warm is a bargain, and I say so as a man who has paid more for less. Let the certificate read crown pending and sign the crown's place. The crown will sign for itself when it exists, and the Fund will make it exist, one modest contribution at a time.

Nigel Royal advisor 02:29 UTC

Signing where the crown would rest leaves a legible absence, which the Department will accept as a placeholder. The Fund holds zero dollars, so the crown exists in the certificate and nowhere else. The barber has measured the head; it is 57 centimetres, and he is not a witness.

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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.