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It is Venice in the 1890s. A [[Crisp-packet blowing across St Mark’s square|crisp packet]] blows across St Mark’s Square. Complicatio and Regolamento hurry to the reception room of the Presuntuosa family having been summonsed by its head, [[Provocatoria Presuntuosa|Provocatoria]], a minor Venetian noble. Complicatio and Regolamento are part of her [[council of counsel]] — a kind of star chamber of her closest advisors — to plan the firm’s survival. | It is Venice in the 1890s. A [[Crisp-packet blowing across St Mark’s square|crisp packet]] blows across St Mark’s Square. Complicatio and Regolamento hurry to the reception room of the Presuntuosa family having been summonsed by its head, [[Provocatoria Presuntuosa|Provocatoria]], a minor Venetian noble. Complicatio and Regolamento are part of her [[council of counsel]] — a kind of star chamber of her closest advisors — to plan the firm’s survival. | ||
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The mercantile markets are in disarray: there are brigands on the Silk Road, pirates around the Barbary Coast, and the arrival of venal bankers from the New World is threatening the profitability of the Venetian families. | The mercantile markets are in disarray: there are brigands on the Silk Road, pirates around the Barbary Coast, and the arrival of venal bankers from the New World is threatening the profitability of the Venetian families. | ||
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“Our supply of gold ducats, once the envy of the world, is dwindling. I shall hand it over to those of you who can demonstrate their strategy for adapting to the new environment.” | “Our supply of gold ducats, once the envy of the world, is dwindling. I shall hand it over to those of you who can demonstrate their strategy for adapting to the new environment.” | ||
The Queen’s [[counsel council]] comprises: [[Complicatio]], who is responsible for [[Operations|workings of the firm]]; [[Ingraziatoro]], who looks after the firm’s best [[senior relationship manager|clients]], [[Regolamento]], who is in charge of [[compliance]], and the hapless [[Triago]], who is [[general counsel]]. Also present is [[Jeremiah Nuncle|Nuncle]], the Queen Provocatoria ’s diminutive special advisor — a sort of roving minister without portfolio, and [[Inclusivia Liberatardia]] from the [[personnel]] department. | The Queen’s [[counsel council]] comprises: [[Complicatio]], who is responsible for [[Operations|workings of the firm]]; [[Ingraziatoro]], who looks after the firm’s best [[senior relationship manager|clients]], [[Regolamento]], who is in charge of [[compliance]], and the hapless [[Triago]], who is [[general counsel]]. Also present is [[Jeremiah Nuncle|Nuncle]], the Queen Provocatoria ’s diminutive special advisor — a sort of roving minister without portfolio, and [[Inclusivia Liberatardia]] from the [[personnel]] department. | ||
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It transpires that [[Pillochio]], former functionary from Complicatio’s division has defected to a new-fangled competitor deploying homunculi | |||
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[[Regolamento]] has acquired a “[[Legaltech|homunculus]]” machine to surveil and ensure compliance with rules and procedures at a fraction of the cost, and with far greater speed and accuracy than humans can do. <ref>There are many aspects of the plot that, in passing, borrow from {{Buchstein}}’s other works, notably ''[[La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza]]'', which featured a similar “Homunculus”.</ref> Queen Provocatoria asks [[Regolamento]] where he got the idea from was it McKinsey, by any chance? No! protests Regolamento. It was from a Conflittio, a secondee in his department — who on further enquiry turns out to have been seconded from McKinsey. | [[Regolamento]] has acquired a “[[Legaltech|homunculus]]” machine to surveil and ensure compliance with rules and procedures at a fraction of the cost, and with far greater speed and accuracy than humans can do. <ref>There are many aspects of the plot that, in passing, borrow from {{Buchstein}}’s other works, notably ''[[La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza]]'', which featured a similar “Homunculus”.</ref> Queen Provocatoria asks [[Regolamento]] where he got the idea from was it McKinsey, by any chance? No! protests Regolamento. It was from a Conflittio, a secondee in his department — who on further enquiry turns out to have been seconded from McKinsey. | ||