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Eastasia is one of the three superstates in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the others being Oceania and Eurasia. Its borders are not as clearly defined as the other two superstates but it is known that they at least comprise most of modern day China, Japan, and Korea as well as fluctuating areas of Manchuria, Mongolia, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, and the Middle East. Its political ideology is, according to the novel, "called by a Chinese name usually translated as Death-worship, but perhaps better rendered as 'Obliteration of the Self'."

Not much information about Eastasia is given in the book. It is known that it is the newest and smallest of the three superstates. According to Goldstein's book, it emerged a decade after the establishment of the other two superstates, placing it somewhere in the 1960s, after years of fighting among its predecessor nations. It is also said in the book that the industriousness of the people of Eastasia allows them to overcome their inadequacies over the other two states. Some believe that Eastasia is in fact just one part of a "World State" that controls all of Earth, but pretends to exist as three states to maintain the constant war used to keep the population in line.

No flag is depicted or described in the book for any of the three superstates. The movie adaptation shows a flag of Oceania and briefly shows a flag of Eurasia, but never depicts a flag for Eastasia.

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Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
CharactersWinston Smith
PlacesOceania
ClassesInner Party
MinistriesMinistry of Love
ConceptsIngsoc
MiscellaneousThought Police
Adaptations1956 film
InfluenceNineteen Eighty-Four in popular media
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

British first edition cover
Author George Orwell
Country England
Language English
Genre(s) Dystopian, Political Novel
Publisher Secker and Warburg (London)
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Note: At the end of the novel, there are news reports that Oceania has captured all of Africa, though as propaganda, the credibility of the reports is uncertain.]] Oceania is one of the three superstates in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Eurasia is one of three superstates in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the others being Eastasia and Oceania. Eurasia comprises all of mainland Europe, modern day Russia, and a fluctuating amount of Manchuria, Mongolia, Northern Africa, and the Middle East.
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Capital Seoul, Pyongyang

Largest conurbation (population) Seoul
Official languages Korean
 -  Water (%) 2.
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Manchuria ( Romanized Manchu: Manju, Simplified Chinese: 满洲; Traditional Chinese: 滿洲; Pinyin: Mǎnzhōu
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Anthem
"Монгол улсын төрийн дуулал"
National anthem of Mongolia
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Motto
"Bhinneka Tunggal Ika"   (Old Javanese)
"Unity in Diversity"
National ideology: Pancasila[1]
Anthem
Indonesia Raya
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Middle East is a historical and political region of Africa-Eurasia with no clear boundaries. The term "Middle East" was popularized around 1900 in Britain, and has been criticized for its loose definition.
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death deity is an antagonistic deity against which the primary deity struggles. The related term death worship has most often been used as a derogatory term to accuse certain groups of morally-abhorrent practices which set no value on human life, or which seem to glorify
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Emmanuel Goldstein's book, The Theory and Practice Of Oligarchical Collectivism, is a fictional book which is an important element in both the plot and the overall theme of George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, first published in 1949.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

British first edition cover
Author George Orwell
Country England
Language English
Genre(s) Dystopian, Political Novel
Publisher Secker and Warburg (London)
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Eric Arthur Blair

Pseudonym: George Orwell
Born: May 25 1903(1903--)
Motihari, Bihar, India
Died: January 21 1950 (aged 48)
London, United Kingdom
Occupation: Writer; author, journalist
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6079 Winston Smith is a fictional character and the protagonist of George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. His name has become a metaphor for the man in the street, the unwitting and innocent victim of political machination.
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Note: At the end of the novel, there are news reports that Oceania has captured all of Africa, though as propaganda, the credibility of the reports is uncertain.]] Oceania is one of the three superstates in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Inner Party and the Outer Party. The Inner Party regulates Ingsoc.

The Inner Party represents the aristocratic political class in Oceania, and has its membership restricted to 6 million individuals (about 2% of the population).
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~ Oscar Wilde on Ministry of Love


The Ministry of Love (or Miniluv in Newspeak) is one of the four ministries that govern Oceania in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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Ingsoc is the ideology of the totalitarian government of Oceania. Ingsoc is Newspeak for "English Socialism".

Origins

English Socialism predominated during a communist or, more likely, socialist revolution, but as The Party is constantly rewriting history it is
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The Thought Police (thinkpol in Newspeak) are the secret police of Oceania in George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. It is the job of the Thought Police to uncover and punish thoughtcrime and thought criminals, using psychology and omnipresent
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1984 is a 1956 film based on the novel by George Orwell. This is the first cinema rendition of the story. Donald Pleasence also appeared in the 1954 television version of the film, playing the character of Syme, which in the film was amalgamated
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