In Nineteen Eighty-Four, Oceania came into being as a result of war. The Oceanian citizens are told that they are always at war with Eastasia or Eurasia. Telling the citizens that Oceania is at war keeps the standard of living low, but the productivity stays high. The Party rules the totalitarian political regime where the people live, with the citizens broken up into three social classes: the Inner Party, the Outer Party, and the Proles. The children take an exam at the age of sixteen that decides which class they are placed in. The Inner Party is the top two percent of the citizens living in Oceania and makes up the ruling class. The Outer Party is the middle class which accounts for about thirteen percent of the people. The bottom
