Talk:Panem

Merger and Overhaul
I've merged the Panem and Districts articles, added a History of Panem section, and otherwise completely overhauled the page, rewriting some paragraphs, deleting others, and consolidating information between the two articles, with more changes to come. Please discuss any issues here. Hello yall:) gale your fine as can be!!!! you got that right!!!!! hahaha!!!!!!!!!! can't wait until the movie comes out!!! ya ikr i cant eather hahahahaha!!!!!! right. gale your going to be the main one i'm watching:) dang ur fine!!!!!!!!

Yamamoto114 09:52, July 31, 2010 (UTC)

Most of my changes are done here. The page now contains a lot more information than it used to, and as the topic of Panem itself is very broad, I think I'll use this as a springboard for many more edits that I'll be making in order to flesh out the Hunger Games universe more vividly. Most of my edits will be concerning locations, as well as standardizing pages so they're more organized and less redundant between each other.

Once again, any further issues should be discussed here.

Yamamoto114 07:26, August 1, 2010 (UTC)

District Seals
Where are the district seals from? Is that some sort of official merchandise? This is important because some of the district descriptions are extrapolated from information presented on the seals.

--PK9 00:10, August 21, 2010 (UTC)

The seals come from the game Training days as seen on my profile picture. I would recommend getting the game if you are intrested in the books. Gunman12 23:17, January 8, 2011 (UTC)

Map
Most of the district signature products on them map are wrong.

There's a BIG difference between what the book says or implies that the signatures are and what Lionsgate is using for movie promo. In terms of Lionsgate's, half of them are the same thing as each other and/or don't even make sense! Could there be two Panem pages or a separation on the page between "book world" and "movie world," since they don't agree?

The map
The "main" map used, is highly illogical. From what I see, the "nation" is seperated, and not connected by any political boundries, which whould in-turn state that panem is an "Enclave" of north america, which it can't be, for a railway system wouldn't be safe is the open areas between districts (i.e. aboriginals, raiders etc.). I propose a new, fan-map as the main, because the current, is very laughable.

been working on a map myself, which uses the official information (not the one where district 5 is "livestock," which i assume is from before it was revealed 10 is livestock). tried to match this up with the America "as-is," with historical info like luxury->gold to place San Francisco in District 1, etc. hopefully it makes more sense.Solarpowerspork 04:20, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

In the books, dose it not say that people are stuck in their districts by fences, and beyond the fences is forest or some sort of wilderness? Also, there is a long distance between most of the districts that require the trains to take a rest break. It may be better to think of the "districts" more like cities, large cities almost like prisons which pack a large number of people into small living corners, the streets and roads are probably barely wide enough to let the cars pass, except in the capital were they don't have to deal with over crowding. The district number probably has something to do with how far away from the capital it is, and (SPOILER ALERT) in the third book it mentions that it is nearly September in District 13 which puts Peeta in snow, which places the capital northish as well as high.

However, there is no map that seems to fit just right. There is no "offical" map. It is best for each reader to decide for himself/herself what the map looks like.76.243.186.254 13:17, January 11, 2012 (UTC)

The map that is most commonly used by media outlets is this one: http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/thehungergames/images/thumb/d/d8/Panemmap.png/212px-Panemmap.png Which has a detailed scientific basis for its design available on Livejournal or by contacting the creators. I don't know why the Panem page is locked, but I highly suggest switching to this more common and more correct map.

It's important to note that the map shown in the talk section is impossible according to the books. In the books it's clearly stated large portions of North America were overtaken by water, including everything west of the Rocky Mountains, which is why the Capitol is in what was formerly the city of Denver, Colorado, and is impenetrable only from the east. This is IN the book. Liz

We don't know District 9's industry...
I think the book mentioned it had a lot of factories, during the 74th Victory tour. Worthy of adding? TyphoonOfSteel60 03:00, August 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, it having a lot of factories seems noteworthy. -TagAlongPam  ( talk ) 04:54, August 8, 2011 (UTC)

Industries
The Hunger Games movie has a website, www.thecapitol.pn, that says the official district industries

District 1- Luxury

District 2- Masonry

District 3- Electronics

District 4- Fishing

District 5- Power

District 6- Transportation

District 7- Lumber

District 8- Textiles

District 9- Grain

District 10- Livestock

District 11- Agriculture

District 12- Mining

Now we know what 5, 7, and 9's industry really is Bklmc5 20:33, September 1, 2011 (UTC)

There's a BIG difference between what the book says or implies that the signatures are and what Lionsgate is using for movie promo. In terms of Lionsgate's, half of them are the same thing as each other and/or don't even make sense! Could there be two Panem pages or a separation on the page between "book world" and "movie world," since they don't agree? It doesn't even make sense to separate "grain" from "agriculture," for example, when D9 is said to have "lots of factories" and D11 to have "spreading grain fields" IN THE BOOKS. And having a separate movie!canon and book!canon is common -- look at Harry Potter or Percy Jackson! ;)

The seals for the districts and their industries have been updated officially. A website (www.thecapitol.pn ) has these seals and on http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/10/14/hunger-games-capitol-district-seal/ all of them can be seen. These are official and have been released by Lionsgate. Edits should be made to keep the wiki as updated as possible.

Redwoodwand 19:27, October 22, 2011 (UTC)

I just started the first book of the hunger game series and my friend told me that it took place in northern Wyoming. Is this true?
Heck No!!!! It takes place in the entire North America, and the districs are all over the place. For example, 12 is in the Appalatians Mtns area, and the Capitol is by the Rocky Mtns. hope this helps ~ Sugardapuppy 23:42, December 16, 2011 (UTC

No, not true at all. Katniss lives in what we know to be the Appalacian Mountains. Katniss repeatedly describes District 12 as being very small. She also describes it as having snow in the winter, and obviously being a coal mining area. Based on these facts it's easy to make an educated guess that District 12 is located in that area that what we know as West Virginia and possibly parts of Kentucky and Virginia as well. I would guess it goes no further south than Kentucky due to 1) the snow is the big give away, and 2) when Katniss travels to District 11, which is unquestionably in the American South, she describes how hot and humid it is. If she lived any further south than Kentucky the climate of areas such as Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia would not be a shock to her. Liz

DIstrict 13
according to lionsgate district 5 is power. Isnt d13's industry nuclear power?

District 13 made nuclear weapons according to the book.Darknightholdtight 14:44, January 2, 2012 (UTC)darknightholdtight

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Nuclear weaponry, not nuclear power. Also, nowhere in Panem is described as being sustained by nuclear power, which partially explains their reliance on coal from District 12. Liz

Panem image
Okay, so in the picture that shows all the districts, it isn't really correct. I mean you might be saying. The person who made this doent actually know where they are. But, in the book it said and i dont acctually qoute but, it said the districts ring the captiol. and it is near the rocky's but it never said where. so i give my thanks to those who do agree but the picture does help kind of.

Thank, ~SamC


 * Agreed, I removed the images since they are fan-made and not necessarily correct. -TagAlongPam  ( talk ) 19:58, December 17, 2011 (UTC)