Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four)

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Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four) is the totalitarian superstate in George Orwell’s dystopian novel, ruled by the Party and its leader Big Brother, where pervasive surveillance and ideological control dominate every aspect of life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location
fictional superstate
appearsIn Nineteen Eighty-Four
linked to: 1984
capital London
controls economy
education
history
media
createdBy George Orwell
economicCondition chronic shortages
rationing
enforces orthodoxy of Party doctrine
thoughtcrime laws
governedBy the Party
hasClass Inner Party
Outer Party
proles
hasEnemyState Eastasia (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
linked to: Eastasia

Eurasia (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
hasGovernmentBranch Ministry of Love
Ministry of Peace
Ministry of Plenty
Ministry of Truth
ideology Ingsoc
includesRegion Australia
southern Africa
linked to: Southern Africa

the Americas
linked to: Americas

the British Isles
linked to: British Isles
legalSystem arbitrary arrest
torture in Ministry of Love
officialLanguage Newspeak
politicalSystem totalitarianism
practices censorship
mass surveillance
perpetual war
psychological manipulation
propagandaTool Big Brother posters
Party-controlled newspapers
fabricated statistics
ruledBy Big Brother
surveillanceMethod Thought Police
telescreens
usesEvent Hate Week
Two Minutes Hate
usesSlogan Freedom is slavery
Ignorance is strength
War is peace

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thought Police fictionalUniverse Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Thought Police countryOfOperation Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Ministry of Plenty fictionalUniverse Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Ministry of Plenty countryOfJurisdiction Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Hate Week setInSociety totalitarian state of Oceania
linked to: Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Miniplenty fictionalUniverse Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Thoughtcrime fictionalUniverse the totalitarian state of Oceania
linked to: Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Oceania series hasSetting Oceania (fictional world)
linked to: Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Julia (Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1984 film) fictionalUniverse Oceania (Nineteen Eighty-Four)