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** It's pretty clearly supposed to be a [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] of the USSR.
* [[Eagle Land]]: The republic of A-Io is an obvious stand-in.
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** That being said, there are strong hints that the most mature relationships are long-term and monogamous. Shevek himself is [[Happily Married]] in all but name with his partner Takver.
* [[Founder of the Kingdom]]: Laia Aseio Odo for the Anarresti, sort of. She developed the social philosophy on which the Anarresti way of life is based, and the people revere her as their founder, but she did not actually live to see Anarres settled.
* [[Good Republic, Evil Empire]]: Averted, both are pretty bad places to live. Interestingly, Anarres also has a seamy side, one that LeGuin implies could slide into something just as bad or worse than A-Io or Thu...so yet again, ''ambiguous''.
* [[In Medias Res]]: The first chapter of the book is chronologically the middle of the story; the last chapter ends where the first one starts. See also [[Anachronic Order]], above.
* [[Language Equals Thought]]: Pravic, the [[Con Lang|constructed language]] used on Anarres, is designed so as not to include any distinction between work and play. Additionally, although there is a possessive, it's normally only used for clarity - children learn quickly to say "the hat I use" instead of "my hat" and so on.
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