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'''Basic Trope''': A society with ''serious'' issues, thus not a nice place to live in.
* '''Straight''': Central Committee Directorate of Ubiquitousanti is a place where every individual must obey the government or else they will be executed.
* '''Exaggerated''': [[Nineteen Eighty
* '''Downplayed''': Some people are fighting the problems that are plaguing Ubiquitousanti, with a modicum of successes. Even the CCD has (admittedly few) decent people in it who try to minimize the damage caused by the government. There exists an underground network that strives to keep the people informed.
* '''Justified''':
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* '''Parodied''':
** Jack visits Central Committee Directorate of Ubiquitousanti fearing it will be a Dystopian society but soon realises that the entire infrastucture is made of up people too stupid to be evil and quickly either A) is arrested and sent through the retarted justice system, B) takes over a small part of the society for his own goals, C) Is enlisted to solve a problem the Dystopia is not equipped to deal with or D) attempts to prevent this Dystopia with applied time travel phlebontium.
** The government is bureaucratic and corrupt to the point that a single typo can send innocent people to [[Room 101]].... [[Brazil (
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Central Committee Directorate of Ubiquitousanti is so powerful that nothing can ever challenge it. The author shows that if nothing can challenge it, there isn't any [[Conflict]] and no real plot can happen.
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* '''Enforced''':
** [[Author Tract|Social commentary]]
** The work is an obvious propaganda piece; Ubiquitousanti is a [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] of [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|certain real-world countries the author's government plan to invade]].
* '''Lampshaded''':
** "[[Monty Python and
** Dystopian literature exists in this world, and there is a [[Genre Savvy]] character who is familiar with and references it.
* '''Invoked''': An [[Evil Overlord]] plans to [[Take Over the World]] to [[Dystopia Justifies the Means|institute one of these]].
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* '''Played For Drama''': Ubiquitousanti as a setting for [[Cyberpunk]].
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