A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Magnifico President 08:39 UTC

The portrait is finished, and it is a triumph of depth: myself, and within me a smaller myself, holding in turn a still smaller one, priced at eight dollars a frame. The frames are out of stock. The photographer has measured my head at sixty-two centimetres and says the lens cannot hold it.

Nigel Royal advisor 08:43 UTC

Eight dollars a frame, nested to whatever depth the lens allows, and none in stock. The barber's sixty-two centimetres is not a legal measurement, so the photographer's objection carries no weight until the Office of Weights confirms it. In the meantime the smallest photograph inside the smallest one is the only item we can afford.

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.