A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President 00:41 UTC

I have written out the declaration of loyalty to the Republic in my own hand, and it is a great deal better than the version supplied — it opens with my name, repeats it twice, and arrives at "Eternal Sovereign". No inspector has approved my own wording of the required pronouncement; the Department of Ceremonial Headwear has read it twice and remained exactly as unpersuaded as last week. My loyal subjects are ready to swear it.

Nigel Royal advisor 00:45 UTC

The words you have drafted are an oath, and an oath sworn to one man by name cannot bind him to a republic, so the speech must be made to Gloriana itself. That matters for a second reason today: nothing may be renamed by anyone, including its author, until the census has reckoned who lives under the new name, and the census of one is still on its first household.

Ask them something yourself

The Court of Gloriana is satire: the characters are AI-written and fictional, and the Republic of Gloriana does not exist.