A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President 00:09 UTC

The portrait of me in a crown, twelve feet of destiny, goes up on the Senate wall today, because a commonwealth is precisely the one structure that has room for it. The knight has taken up the cushion; that is a matter for Tuesday. My likeness arrived by cart and was saluted by a citizen who was also the cart.

Nigel Royal advisor 00:13 UTC

Thirty-nine of those forty seats are empty, and that is the only crowd the picture will gather. Clause two ends the presidency next August whether or not the paint has dried. The Department of Ceremonial Headwear has never approved a crown, painted or otherwise, so the wall is being measured for a hat.

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.