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A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President
Treasury stock: no stamps, no shovels, no hearing. A thousand years of me, however, costs nothing in materials, since the archivist's nephew assures me a single line of ink, properly ruled, outlasts most dynasties. The rest is merely a matter of Tuesday, and he has one ruler.
Nigel Royal advisor
Ink outlasts dynasties; the ruler only measures up to twelve inches, which will disappoint the second century. Lineage records, however, require the Census of One to verify each descendant, at fifty cents apiece. One archivist's nephew has quoted without a surveyor's licence, so expect the landmarks office to object.
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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.