Eastasia
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Eastasia is one of the three totalitarian superstates in George Orwell’s dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four," perpetually at war and shifting alliances with the others.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional country
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fictional superstate ⓘ |
| alliancePattern | shifting alliances with Eurasia and Oceania ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Nineteen Eighty-Four NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderRegion |
disputed territories in Central Asia
ⓘ
disputed territories in the Pacific region ⓘ |
| comparisonWith |
Eurasia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictType | limited warfare at border zones ⓘ |
| controlsRegion |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibet NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Manchuria ⓘ parts of Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| createdBy | George Orwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicSystem | state-controlled economy ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Nineteen Eighty-Four universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | introduced in 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four ⓘ |
| genreContext | dystopian fiction ⓘ |
| geographicalRegion | eastern Asia ⓘ |
| governmentType | totalitarianism ⓘ |
| languageContext | associated with Newspeak propaganda in Oceania ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | part of Orwell’s critique of totalitarian geopolitics ⓘ |
| mediaRepresentation | subject of falsified historical records ⓘ |
| memoryHoleUsage | subject of retroactive changes to newspapers and records ⓘ |
| militaryStatus | nuclear-armed superpower ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | illustrates mutability of truth under totalitarianism ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Eurasia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | Ingsoc-like ideology ⓘ |
| propagandaRole | used to maintain perpetual war narrative ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | enemy or ally of Oceania depending on current Party line ⓘ |
| sovereigntyStatus | one of the only remaining powers in the world of Nineteen Eighty-Four ⓘ |
| stateOfWarWith |
Eurasia
NERFINISHED
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Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusInOceaniaMedia | alternately portrayed as long-time ally or long-time enemy ⓘ |
| superstateCount | one of three superstates ⓘ |
| surveillanceLevel | high surveillance society ⓘ |
| symbolizes | manipulated external enemy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | distant future (relative to 1949) ⓘ |
| usedFor | justifying internal repression in Oceania ⓘ |
| warStatus | perpetual war ⓘ |
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