Theoretically, it was eurasia, I think? But we all know it was based on the UK.
Every hyper-beaurecratic dystopia is based in the UK, with good reason.
Thought so too (damn I read that a long time ago now) but apparently it was Oceania. Which the UK was actually a part of in-universe.
Good old "Airstrip One".
The UK is not big, but a bit bigger than one airstrip...
The book takes place in Oceania, which is basically the anglosphere(Britain, US, Canada etc.) Eurasia was the standin for the soviets controlling the Soviet union plus western continental Europe. East Asia was the third power that was basically greater china.
The UK
Airstrip one
Which I believe is specifically supposed to be London
I think it's all of the UK. Ireland is airstrip two. Oceania includes all of the British empire, plus America (all of it, North and South).
Hence the accents.
Hence the farthings.
The title you’re using seems to be hinting at current political events. If so then I would recommend reading animal farm by George Orwell. It perfectly shows how fighting for a supposed good (equality, happiness, etc) gets snatched away by bad actors. So that eventually a dictatorship is formed and everyone else is left off worse.
All, all and each country.
Even if some are not currently, story is about them too, as a warning.
If you have to ask...it's your country.
The idea of editing history in near real-time was so farfetched at the time. Hell even when I read it like 10 years ago.
Now? Plausible, if not already happening.
When we search for something the algorithm knows what to send us and no doubt has thumbs on the scale from all sorts of influences.
And then most everything is digital anyway, so that can be altered very quickly.
And then there's the generative AI, which is, like, the most shining example of "confidently incorrect" as it is. But we know Grok is getting more than a thumb on the scale from Musk, he's full-on fingerbanging it. I'm sure all the rest are too.
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