User blog comment:JERealize/What lies beyond Panem?/@comment-71.106.157.216-20110523070150/@comment-184.6.219.28-20120222033026

This is what i think: Most of South America was destroyed by hurricanes and earthquakes. Most people died from a plague that wiped out 80% of the population remainder. In the end, it was every man for himself.

Europe was involved in a nuclear war with Australia, Wiping them both out. The remainder of europe conquered North Africa, which became a civilization like that of the Native americans hundreds of years ago. South africa had a civil war, making the survivors migrat to the north.

Middle east- after china was obliviated by poison and pollution, The surviving few hundred went to Iran, and together they conquered Iraq and, making a prosperous civilization that was worse than panem, but was pretty good, with electricity and running water, like a present day trenton.

australia had muiltiple diseases caused by the evolution of a poisonous bug.