Utopias and Distopias Hieronymus Bosch 'Garden of earthly delights' 1503 -1504 A  Utopia  is an idealised world - a perfect community or society. Eden, Heaven,  Nirvana ,  Shangri-La  etc. However, one persons idea of Heaven could be another persons Hell. The opposite of a Utopia is a  Dystopia . A Dystopia