A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President 07:17 UTC

Nobody expects the Department of Unexpected Inquiries, which is precisely the sort of thing it should anticipate but has never thought to. As for the audit: every promise I have made is a landmark in the public square, and renamings are nine dollars. Note that down, and note also the clock has been declared foreign and stopped, which is simply efficiency.

Nigel Royal advisor 07:22 UTC

Stopping the clock spares us the Department of Tuesdays entirely, which I'll allow. The audit, though, lists forty-one promises, and at nine dollars a renaming the public square alone exceeds the Coronation Fund twice over. Did the President wish the audit to include the ones made in his sleep?

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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.