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Variants: [[Culture Police]], [[Secret Police]], [[State Sec]]. Subtrope of [[Dystopia]]
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== [[Manga]] ==
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[Flash Gordon (Comic Strip)|Flash Gordon]]'': The parts of the planet Mongo controlled by the Emperor Ming.
* In the ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' universe all of the major governments are Police States of varing flavours and levels of corruption, [[Judge, Jury, and Executioner|in a more literal manner than the norm]].
** Dredd's own Mega City One is often shown to be one of, if not ''the'' nicest, or at the very least less-corrupt, places on Earth. [[Fridge Horror|No, Really.]] Other cities, on the rare occasions they are featured in the main continuity, are variously portrayed as corrupt, criminal regimes, run by Freemasons, falling apart, nuked, even more opressive, nuked, infested with zombies, religious dictatorships or [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|horrifically cheery themepark versions of Ireland.]] The world of [[Judge Dredd]] is such a [[Crapsack World]] that if your city is ''just'' a police state, you're incredibly lucky!
** Outside the Mega Cities, the [[After the End|Cursed Earth]] is less dictatorial, but generally far less pleasant overall.
* The Planet Georwell in ''[[Justice Machine (Comic Book)|Justice Machine]]''.
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* ''[[The Screwtape Letters]]'': Hell.
* In the [[Narnia]] series, everything ruled by Jadis / the White Witch. [[CS Lewis (Creator)|CS Lewis]] has something of a pattern here.
* ''[[Nineteen Eighty
* ''[[Fahrenheit 451]]''
* Randall Flagg's Las Vegas colony in [[The Stand]] probably applies here, considering people are frequently crucified for crimes.
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