quoting Rhetorica, Kelatetía: Dis, Major Belt 1:

It just occurred to me—Telemor is a federal republic, yes? A lot of those faces look pretty young to be accomplished politicians from a representative democracy.

While Telemor is a federal republic, yes, the featured personalities aren't politicians: they're more artists, musicians, scientists, and writers. This is much like old German Mark, French franc, and Austrian Schilling notes (as well as current Swedish banknotes and most of the current Australian and New Zealand dollar banknotes).


Also, behold: new money.