In the novel 1984, written by George Orwell, what is the name of the totalitarian regime that controls Oceania?

The story behind the answer

INGSOC is correct because it’s the Party ideology—short for “English Socialism” in Newspeak—that governs Oceania in George Orwell’s 1984. Under INGSOC, Big Brother presides over an all-pervasive state that enforces obedience through the Thought Police, perpetual surveillance, and institutions like the Ministry of Truth and the Ministry of Love. Its core tools are Newspeak, which shrinks language to limit thought, and doublethink, the power to hold contradictory beliefs.

Orwell published 1984 in 1949, drawing on the horrors of Stalinism and fascism to warn about modern totalitarianism. A memory aid: INGSOC = “ENGlish SOCialism,” compressed by Newspeak—the very linguistic control the novel condemns. Think “In-gov we (must) trust,” where language and truth are bent to keep power absolute.