![]() Its leader is Big Brother, who is believed by the masses to have been the leader of the revolution and is still used as a figurehead by the party, but may now be dead, or may have never existed. Oceania lacks a single capital city, although what could be seen as regional capitals, such as London and apparently New York City, are in place.The ruling doctrine of Oceania is Ingsoc, the Newspeak term for English Socialism, which is ultimately devoted to the naked exercise of power. It also temporarily controls different areas in the disputed lands of Africa from time to time.It occasionally conquers the rest of Africa, but is later driven back by Eurasia. It is apparently composed of the Americas, Great Britain (called “Airstrip One” in the novel), Ireland, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa below the River Congo. Oceania : Oceania is the location of the novel’s version of London, where Winston Smith, the main character, lives. The perpetual war is fought for control of the “disputed area” lying “between the frontiers of the super-states”. Eastasia (Ideology: Obliteration of the Self, i.e., “Death worship”) its core territories are China, Japan, Korea, and Indochina.Eurasia (Ideology: Neo-Bolshevism) its core territories are Continental Europe and Russia, including Siberia.Oceania (Ideology: Ingsoc, i.e., English Socialism) its core territories are the Western Hemisphere, the British Isles, Australasia and Southern Africa.Three perpetually warring totalitarian super-states control the world: The political geography of 1984 can be seen in the map above. ![]() Throughout the novel, the reader, slowly builds up an complete image of the dystopian world that Winston Smith lives in. ![]()
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