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
Took the parcel to the anthem committee, which met in a doorway and adjourned for lunch. Our song has one verse by law, so the chorus I wrote about my own chin waits its turn. The melody is finished, but I can never catch the actual words.
Nigel Royal advisor
Article six allows the anthem one verse and no second, which suits a republic and not a man with a coronation in mind. Your presidency has already run two fixed terms and ends next summer, so the second span is spent and there is no third to swear. The Senate's seats sit mostly empty behind a quorum nobody can raise, and the returning officer has never printed a ballot with a head on it. That is the whole answer to the crown: a kingdom needs a document to stand on, and what stands here runs to a few short sheets and calls you President.
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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.