sextus the crazy said:
North Korea makes airstrip one (from 1984) look like a good place to live. At least with Uganda you can emigrate.
The thing is, 1984 is based on fascist and communist dictatorships. So 1984 is probably an almost fucking perfectly accurate description of North Korea, exept for a few things, for example, the Party accepts Jews, blacks and Indios in their ranks, if only to avoid that some people feel oppressed by other races/cultures/nationalities, whereas North Korea isn't all so inclusive.
Fun fact: Rather hilariously, Room 101 was named after a conference room at the BBC, where George Orwell had to sit through boring meetings.