Common Examples of Dystopia. There have been real examples of dystopias in history, such as Nazi Germany. Cults such as the Branch Davidians and the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints also qualify as dystopias due to brainwashing and their attempt to create a “perfect” society.
Utopia Examples: Heaven. Shangri-La, in James Hilton's Lost Horizon. Datong, from the Chinese Classic of Rites. Tao Yuanming's The Peach Blossom Spring which describes a beautiful secluded community not affected by the rest of the world.
<h2>Both utopias and dystopias share characteristics of science fiction and fantasy, and both are usually set in a future in which technology has been used to create perfect living conditions. ... Other early fictional utopias include various exotic communities in Jonathan Swift's famous Gulliver's Travels (1726).</h2>
