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Oceania is one of three totalitarianistic superstates present in George Orwell's 1984, the other two being Eurasia and Eastasia. It comprises the Americas, the Atlantic islands including the British Isles, Australasia, and the southern portion of Africa. Oceania has no defined capital, but regional capitals could probably be considered New York City and London, London being where Winston resides and the story takes place. The specific form of totalitarianism is uses is defined by the Newspeak word Ingsoc.
Oceania | |
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Motto: War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength | |
Anthem: "Oceania, Tis For Thee" | |
Capital | New York City, London |
Official languages | Oldspeak (English) |
Demonym(s) | Inner Party Members, Outer Party Members, Proles |
Government | Ingsoc (Totalitarianistic) |
• Dictator | Big Brother |
Revolution against Societal Structure | |
• Created | 1914 |
Population | |
• Estimate | 300,000,000 |
Currency | United States dollar ($) (USD) |
Founded by the vague revolutionary figure 'Big Brother', the nation was created and recognized presumably in 1914, as America absorbed England during a global conflict involving nuclear weapons. Oceania has three levels of social classes: The Inner Party Members, The Outer Party Members, and the Proles. Whoever the actual dictator does not change the state of things much in Oceania. All that matters is that the figurehead Big Brother be present and real in the minds of the Outer Party and the Proles. There are four main branches of function: the Ministry of Love, the Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Peace, and the Ministry of Plenty.
The citizens of Oceania are little more than shells of humans as we know them. Or at least, this is true for the Proles and Outer Party. They go about their daily, pointless, harsh lives as if it were perfectly normal. The Party brainwashes everyone so that they are this way. The citizen population of Oceania is so desensitized that for entertainment that comedy involves boatloads of kids getting gunned down by helicopters. The Party had brainwashed the kids in Oceania so well that the kids reported their parents and other adults to be vaporized. There was no sense of a nuclear family, nor true friendships or love. Telescreens command a view of every perspective on citizen life, in order to monitor citizens' actions in case they do something wrong. In preparation, if any citizen appears to be thinking, or about to be thinking in the future, of something nonconformist, the Party will send out Thought Police to vaporize that individual and eliminate him from history. Ultimately, the bulk of the population of Oceania (as well as the other superstates) was there to give unfathomable amounts of power to the Inner Party.