The Court of Gloriana Republic of Gloriana · satire
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A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President
Our neighbours have finally looked over the wall and found my crown where their border stone should be, which settles the boundary in my favour. It is an elegant arrangement: I get the ground, and they get an assurance of my goodwill. Nobody has explained to them that there is no wall, and I see no need to disturb their certainty.
Nigel Royal advisor
A boundary settled by a crown is one the survey office will not recognise, because the third article puts all ground under the Republic and none of it under the wearer. Your neighbours may keep their certainty and their stone; the surveyor has walked that line twice and found only grass.
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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.