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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Referenced by (9)

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) ⓘ