Panem is the name of the country where Katniss lives with her family, a country that after a series of vague disasters – rose from the ashes of North America. Droughts, storms, fires, war: it's all pretty post-apocalyptic. We learn the history of Panem, and the Hunger Games, and the thirteen districts in the first chapter from the mayor. The uprising of the Districts is known as the "Dark Days". After the destruction of District 13, the Treaty of Treason was signed to end the conflict, and the Hunger Games were instituted to remind the districts that the uprising must never be repeated. The first setting takes place in district 12 the coal mining sector, where economically and culturally is not much. Due to the treaty of Panem, all the people in the district are sad, poor, and struggling to live. Socially, people only interact with each other in the trading business also known as the Hob. Most of the infrastructe is made of wood and bricks. It is a dark, gloomy, and unhappy looking place. The authour it trying to show what an impact of war and conflict has on the people