<P> The Hunger Games trilogy takes place in an unspecified future time , in the dystopian , post-apocalyptic nation of Panem , located in North America . The country consists of a wealthy Capitol city , located in the Rocky Mountains , surrounded by twelve ( originally thirteen ) poorer districts ruled by the Capitol . The Capitol is lavishly rich and technologically advanced , but the districts are in varying states of poverty . The trilogy 's narrator and protagonist Katniss Everdeen , lives in District 12 , the poorest region of Panem , located in Appalachia , where people regularly die of starvation . As punishment for a past rebellion against the Capitol ( called the `` Dark Days '' ) , in which District 13 was supposedly destroyed , one boy and one girl from each of the twelve remaining districts , between the ages of 12 and 18 , are selected by lottery to compete in an annual pageant called the Hunger Games . The Games are a televised event in which the participants , called `` tributes '' , are forced to fight to the death in a dangerous public arena . The winning tribute and his / her home district are then rewarded with food , supplies , and riches . The purposes of the Hunger Games are to provide entertainment for the Capitol and to remind the districts of the Capitol 's power and lack of remorse , forgetfulness , and forgiveness for the failed rebellion of the current competitors ' ancestors . </P>
<P> The Hunger Games trilogy takes place in an unspecified future time , in the dystopian , post-apocalyptic nation of Panem , located in North America . The country consists of a wealthy Capitol city , located in the Rocky Mountains , surrounded by twelve ( originally thirteen ) poorer districts ruled by the Capitol . The Capitol is lavishly rich and technologically advanced , but the districts are in varying states of poverty . The trilogy 's narrator and protagonist Katniss Everdeen , lives in District 12 , the poorest region of Panem , located in Appalachia , where people regularly die of starvation . As punishment for a past rebellion against the Capitol ( called the `` Dark Days '' ) , in which District 13 was supposedly destroyed , one boy and one girl from each of the twelve remaining districts , between the ages of 12 and 18 , are selected by lottery to compete in an annual pageant called the Hunger Games . The Games are a televised event in which the participants , called `` tributes '' , are forced to fight to the death in a dangerous public arena . The winning tribute and his / her home district are then rewarded with food , supplies , and riches . The purposes of the Hunger Games are to provide entertainment for the Capitol and to remind the districts of the Capitol 's power and lack of remorse , forgetfulness , and forgiveness for the failed rebellion of the current competitors ' ancestors . </P>
when is the hunger games supposed to take place
when is the hunger games supposed to take place
in an unspecified future
in an unspecified future