Quatas Politica chronicles a contented society's descent into dystopian ruin. The cover brief—"Montesquieu with a Nazi moustache"—inspired a weathered street poster aesthetic that reflects the narrative's themes of decay and oppression.
The design captures the gritty look of badly glued propaganda, with peeling edges and vandalised surfaces. This distressed treatment extends to the back cover, where even the blurb appears as crumbling poster fragments on the walls of fictional Lieden. The deliberately distressed appearance—peeling edges, faded colours, and worn surfaces—mirrors the book's exploration of how political ideals can decay and become twisted instruments of oppression.
