stranger things have happened

in the republic of XXXXX there are two queens that do a job-share. one of the queens is ambitious, efficient and pragmatic. when she's on the job, the palace gets cleaned, laws are passed, heads roll. the other queen is a total daydreamer, living completely off this planet and finding difficulty in remembering even the most simple of instructions. when this queen is on the job, flowers grow, rainbows are seen on the horizon, farmers take days off to take the milkmaids to the fair. one day a gigantic penguin came to the republic of XXXXX and ate both queens. instead, now the kings got to run the show. first they killed the gigantic penguin, then they sat round, had a few cigars, celebrated their good fortune and slowly let the country go to rot.