The Queen Aegis' Cover of Lucy in the Air with Carbon is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Officer Salt with an iron fist, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion. The cynical population of 9.992 billion Pop Singers are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government prioritizes Healthcare, although Law & Order, Defense, and Environment are also considered important, while Industry and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mustard Underwater Vessel. The average income tax rate is 25.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Pop economy, worth 343 trillion Affections a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Tourism. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,372 Affections, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Lucy in the Air with Carbon has designated Mustard Underwater Vessel as its capital city, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, Officer Salt has been self-declared as the Most Supreme Magnificent Overlord of Everything You Ever Saw, and Officer Salt is the self-declared God of all Lucy in the Air with Carbon. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lucy in the Air with Carbon's national animal is the Saber-Toothed Seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is McCartyism.

Lucy in the Air with Carbon is ranked 173,797^th in the world and 24^th in Icor for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 877.11 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.