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== [[Literature]] ==

* Efrafa is the dictatorship-warren established by General Woundwort in ''[[Watership Down]]'', with a rigidly-enforced system of concealment to prevent its discovery by Men.

* ''[[That Hideous Strength]]'': The National Institute for the Coordination of Science (N.I.C.E). Despite ~~it's~~ innocent name , the Institute manages to gain enough power to this.

* ''[[That Hideous Strength]]'': The National Institute for the Coordination of Science (N.I.C.E). Despite its innocent name , the Institute manages to gain enough power to this.

* ''[[The Screwtape Letters]]'': Hell.

* In the [[Narnia]] series, everything ruled by Jadis / the White Witch. [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]] has something of a pattern here.

* ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'': The Party employs the Thought Police ("Thinkpol", as they call it in [[Newspeak]]), and apply relentless surveillance. Any individual with even the slightest hint of rebelling, even it they are simply smarter than average, become [[Unperson]]s, and are taken away to the Ministry of Love ("Miniluv") to be tortured. All three superpowers, including Oceania where the book is set, are described to be like this. The overarching system is called "Ingsoc" (English Socialism), and similar ones exist in the other superpowers.

* ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]''

* ''[[Fahrenheit 451]]''

* Randall Flagg's Las Vegas colony in [[The Stand]] probably applies here, considering people are frequently crucified for crimes.