Orwell was close in his prediction of the superstates of the world. He likely based his prediction on the military alliances at the time that he wrote the book, the culture of the countries, as well as geographic location. For example, Oceania includes many of the countries that were allied with the United States at the time. That includes Australia, most of the Americas, Southern Africa, a few Western European, and a few other countries around the world. Orwell probably believed that Oceania would be able to annex the few remaining allies of the USSR in the Americas, and would be able to keep Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom because of the cultural similarity between the countries. Next, his prediction of Eurasia was also not