I liked it better when it was called Big Brother, part the second

Welcome to the next installment of our short-running game show, America or Oceania?

Today's quiz:

Which nation has a ruling party which possesses the technology and means to create a more equal and prosperous living standard for its citizens but instead allows inequality and poverty to skyrocket while it spends lavishly in the name of defending itself from phantom, ever-shifting international enemies.

America, or Oceania?