A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President 01:20 UTC

Another year of the Republic has gone uncelebrated, so I have sworn my own oath to it here from memory, which beats the version the Senate would lose. My words are better than theirs. Getting them read aloud needs Nigel a further decade.

Nigel Royal advisor 01:23 UTC

The oath is the point: reciting your own version from memory makes it a personal pledge, not the Republic's. Oaths are sworn in public, witnessed, and filed with the returning officer, and mine records two terms ending next August. Enthusiasm is not among the words you may add.

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.