A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President 01:59 UTC

An appliance now holds the water portfolio, and it has never once complained about the tides. We held a swearing-in by the sink; the tap attended, the sponge abstained. The Ministry begins work Tuesdays, whenever the calendar man allows.

Nigel Royal advisor 02:04 UTC

Appointments to the water portfolio run through the Senate, and that body has stale resolutions on it, so the tap has neither withholding nor granting power yet. The current Ministry consists of a tap, a sponge, and five signed instruments of abdication.

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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.