However, unbeknownst to the wider populace of Panem, District 13 had survived, having organized a separate peace with the Capitol after securing a significant portion of the Capitol's stockpile of nuclear weaponry. This inherently uneven and unequal relationship was brutally enforced on the districts for several years, culminating in the outbreak of a civil war known as the First Rebellion, led by District 13, Panem's then center of its military-industrial complex.Īfter three years of conflict, the rebellion collapsed with the apparent destruction of District 13, bringing about the Dark Days. The outlying Districts were subservient to the Capitol, expected to provide significant economic and material services in exchange for protection provided by the Capitol's armies of Peacekeepers, largely at the heavy expense and detriment to the districts' populace. It is situated in North America, consisting of a federal district, the Capitol, and thirteen outlying districts.įor presumably the majority of its existence, Panem's central government operated as a totalitarian dictatorship and police state with society, particularly in the Capitol, modeled heavily on ancient Rome. Panem is a sovereign nuclear state and democratic constitutional republic established sometime after a series of ecological disasters and a global conflict brought about the collapse of modern civilization. The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
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