“If you are willing, let us first discover what justice is in the cities, and then seek it in the individual, to see if the greater entity is similar in its smallest form. a” (Republic 368e8-369a2). This idea that there will be more justice in a city compared to a single person sets Socrates on a long tangent trying to create the just city, Kalliⲑpolis. Theoretically, he was creating a utopian society. By utopia, I mean that the city has perfect elements, or more simply, that there would be no better city. In some ways this is true. For example, the choice of leaders is rather utopian. Additionally, for the time, the treatment of women was relatively better than the average society. Although at times women are treated like objects, in general they are better off. However, many other aspects of Kalliⲑpolis lead to dystopia. Dystopian societies are the opposite of utopias, where they constitute a city or society possessing disturbing qualities that typically lead to repression and unhappiness. This is best seen in the strict class structure and censorship of information. This article will analyze Kalliⲑpolis based on four points: selection of the ruler, treatment of women, strict class structure and censorship of information, to show that although at the time it might have been a better city than it was was available, by modern standards it is. in fact a dystopia. In reality, Socrates created two cities in the Republic. The first city is relatively small in size, without luxury. The small population produces enough material to trade and cover the basics of ancient life. However, Glaucon opposes this city and calls it a city fit for pigs (Republic 372d4-5). Socrates then agrees to create...... middle of paper ......ive elements. In theory, especially when set in ancient Greece, Kalliⲑpolis could have been the closest thing to a utopia the world has ever seen. The city would have wise leaders supported by well-trained soldiers, both men and women, whose sole objective would be to protect the city. Yet in practice, Kalliⲑpolis is imperfect. The rulers would keep the rest of the citizens oppressed and stupid through information censorship and a strict class structure in order to maintain control. Kalliⲑpolis will never exist because it has too many components that would not work. Perhaps if Plato had stopped at the city without luxury he would have created a utopia, but he persisted in trying to create a just and luxurious city and instead created a dystopia. Republic. Trans. Reeve of the CDC. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 2004. Print.