Excellent story!
Great characters and plot.
I think it has two of the three principles of the novel "1984", that are:

• War is peace: Doesn't apply to this story
  
• Freedom is slavery: It's clearly stated that if people had the freedom to think and to speak whatever they want the society will fall into chaos
  
• Ignorance is strenght: That's what the government thinks, the reason of why they handicap the commoners. The more ignorant the people are, the more power the governments will have.
  

Besides people forget about the horrible acts of the government because they can't think that much.
It sort of shows that even the smartest people are in reality stupid.
Not stupid in the sense that they don't know anything, they are stupid in the sense that they let their pride control their actions. A clearly example is Harrison, that instead of making a plan to take down the government, declared himself the Emperor, and had a great time dancing with the Empress and because of that, because of that stupidity, he is murdered.