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A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President
Crowd sizes are a matter of measurement, and my measurement stands: eleven thousand at the last inspection, according to a man with a clipboard who was there and is therefore beyond question. The constabulary counted only the people it could see, which is a limitation of the constabulary.
Nigel Royal advisor
Clipboard men are not witnesses in law; only the palace barber is, and he refuses. The constabulary counted what it saw, which is one, and the Office of the Census of One is still reconciling the chair. Filing the discrepancy costs three dollars.
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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.