Airstrip One
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Airstrip One is the dystopian, totalitarian version of Great Britain in George Orwell’s novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four," serving as a province of the superstate Oceania.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Airstrip One canonical | 7 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dystopian setting
ⓘ
fictional country ⓘ fictional location ⓘ province ⓘ |
| allegoricalTo |
Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
Stalinist Soviet Union
authoritarian regimes of the 20th century ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
1984
ⓘ
surface form:
Nineteen Eighty-Four
|
| basedOn | Great Britain ⓘ |
| capital |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| citizensSubjectTo |
constant surveillance
ⓘ
ideological indoctrination ⓘ rationing ⓘ |
| controlsPopulationThrough |
censorship
ⓘ
historical revisionism ⓘ mass surveillance ⓘ propaganda ⓘ thought control ⓘ |
| countryOfAuthor | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | George Orwell ⓘ |
| economyType | war economy ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYearOfWork | 1949 ⓘ |
| governmentType | totalitarian state ⓘ |
| hasMinistry |
Ministry of Love
ⓘ
Ministry of Peace ⓘ Ministry of Plenty ⓘ Ministry of Truth ⓘ |
| lawEnforcementAgency | Thought Police ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse |
1984
ⓘ
surface form:
world of Nineteen Eighty-Four
|
| majorCity |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| mediumOfOrigin | novel ⓘ |
| notableResident |
Julia
ⓘ
O'Brien ⓘ Winston Smith ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Newspeak ⓘ |
| partOf | Oceania ⓘ |
| permanentStateOf | war ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | one-party state ⓘ |
| replaces | Great Britain ⓘ |
| rulingIdeology | Ingsoc ⓘ |
| rulingParty | the Party ⓘ |
| surveillanceSystem |
Thought Police
ⓘ
telescreens ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
loss of individual freedom
ⓘ
political repression ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
| timePeriodSetting | fictional future (mid-20th century projection) ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nineteen Eighty-Four