" ▁to ▁suggest ▁two ▁Greek ▁ne olog isms ▁simultaneously : ▁out op ia ▁( no ▁place ) ▁and ▁e ut op ia ▁( good ▁place ). ▁More ▁dep ict s ▁a ▁r ation ally ▁organ ised ▁society , ▁through ▁the ▁narr ation ▁of ▁an ▁expl orer ▁who ▁disco vers ▁it — R ap ha el ▁H yth l od ae us . ▁U top ia ▁is ▁a ▁republic ▁where ▁all ▁property ▁is ▁held ▁in ▁common . ▁In ▁addition , ▁it ▁has ▁few ▁laws , ▁no ▁law y ers ▁and ▁rarely ▁sends ▁its ▁citizens ▁to ▁war , ▁but ▁h ires ▁mer cen aries ▁from ▁among ▁its ▁war - pr one ▁neighb ours . ▁ ▁Gener ally ▁speaking , ▁u top ias ▁are ▁generally ▁soci eties ▁whose ▁author ▁bel ieves ▁either ▁perfect , ▁or ▁as ▁perfect ▁as ▁can ▁be ▁att ain able . ▁ ▁Ernest ▁C allen bach ' s ▁E cot op ia ▁is ▁a ▁contemporary ▁example . ▁ ▁This ▁can ▁cause ▁some ▁confusion , ▁in ▁that ▁some ▁works ▁generally ▁recognized ▁as ▁“ ut op ian ”, ▁such ▁as ▁Pl ato ’ s ▁Republic , ▁can ▁come ▁across ▁as ▁much ▁less ▁than ▁ideal ▁to ▁a ▁modern ▁reader . ▁ ▁They ▁are ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁smaller ▁subsets ▁of ▁political ▁science ▁fiction , ▁possibly ▁because ▁it ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁create ▁dram atic ▁t ension ▁in ▁a ▁world ▁the ▁author ▁bel ieves ▁is ▁perfect . ▁ ▁Vari ous ▁authors ▁get ▁around ▁this ▁problem ▁by ▁post ulating ▁problems ▁in ▁the ▁u top ian ▁society , ▁such ▁L .