Life in a totalitarian state is strictly regulated and controlled by the ruling party. The party uses secret police, censorship, and terror to ensure complete obedience from citizens. Propaganda is ubiquitous, promoting communist ideals and successes while denigrating capitalism. Religion is banned and religious leaders are persecuted. A new communist elite rules by destroying the old social order. Education is universal but indoctrinates children with communist values like atheism. Women have some new rights but wages are low, so the government provides services like daycare. Art and media portray an idealized version of Soviet life under strict government censorship.