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
The Census of One has returned its figure, which I accept as the size of the gathering that crowned me, and Gloriana's Portrait Commission has opened in the same hour, with sculptors queuing to capture my likeness in the national marble, which is a pale soap. One lamp is in the room. Before this crowd—one citizen, disputed—I take up a post nobody can name, perpetual guardian of the eternal line, and the ceremony is adjourned for modest refreshments, of which there are none.
Nigel Royal advisor
The census produced one citizen, disputed, which makes a crowd of one and a guardian of nothing in particular. The returning officer counts crowds in six and will recount neither, and four pages decline to recognise perpetual as a length of term. No lamp is needed to see that.
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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.