<P> At the time of the novel , the entire planet is united as the World State , governed by ten World Controllers , headquartered in various key cities . Prospective World Controllers are recruited from social outcasts who display unconventional thoughts . A few isolated areas have been left as `` savage reservations '' , including parts of New Mexico , Samoa , and a small group of islands off the coast of New Guinea . Towards the end of the novel , a conversation between John and Western Europe 's World Controller , Mustapha Mond , reveals further details of the World State 's political geography . Mond explains that certain areas which have very few resources or languish in unpleasant climates are not `` civilised '' by the government , as it would be uneconomical . Subsequently , these areas are left as reservations , and local life continues -- albeit under constant surveillance by the World State . Small islands across the planet , such as the Falkland Islands , Iceland , and the Marquesas Islands , are reserved for citizens of the World State who do not wish to live in , or do not fit into the normal society . </P>
<P> At the time of the novel , the entire planet is united as the World State , governed by ten World Controllers , headquartered in various key cities . Prospective World Controllers are recruited from social outcasts who display unconventional thoughts . A few isolated areas have been left as `` savage reservations '' , including parts of New Mexico , Samoa , and a small group of islands off the coast of New Guinea . Towards the end of the novel , a conversation between John and Western Europe 's World Controller , Mustapha Mond , reveals further details of the World State 's political geography . Mond explains that certain areas which have very few resources or languish in unpleasant climates are not `` civilised '' by the government , as it would be uneconomical . Subsequently , these areas are left as reservations , and local life continues -- albeit under constant surveillance by the World State . Small islands across the planet , such as the Falkland Islands , Iceland , and the Marquesas Islands , are reserved for citizens of the World State who do not wish to live in , or do not fit into the normal society . </P>
who runs the world in brave new world
who runs the world in brave new world
ten World Controllers , headquartered in various key cities
ten World Controllers , headquartered in various key cities