The New Continent is the place where the 1st New Games are organized. It is located eastern from Panem and was previously called 'Europe' before the Capitol took over, who founded the Head City. The New Continent counts 35 Districts, together slightly bigger than whole Panem.

The New Continent was originally called Europe. The disaster that destroyed the continent of America (which became Panem) didn't hit Europe, 'cause all the countries lived on like they used to. The continent was very rich, altough they had lost an important trade partner.

But life went on and the inhabitants, meanwhile already over two billion, watched horrified when the Capitol announced the Hunger Games. Europe never supported the Games, but didn't want to say anything about it, 'cause they had something else to do. In those days, World War three broke out between Europe and some countries that used to be the Middle East. Both used nuclear bombs, which caused the destruction of many people, cities and agriculture. Europe was too busy saving their own grounds from deadly bombings, so the Capitol could do whatever they wanted. After 80 years, the big war was over and Europe won, but what was left of the continent was scarce.

The Capitol, imperialistic and arrogant, wanted more area, so they decided to take over the weak nation of Europe. They succeeded without much effort and everything changed from that day. It was around 3000 when the Capitol announced that The New Continent was also going to be splitted in Districts and that a continental government would decide over them. A place called 'The Head City' was built, as an European Capitol. Europe didn't resist, hoping that this Head City would clean the mess from the war up, and they hope they wouldn't be so poor after all. They were true, 'cause the Districts weren't so poor as in Panem. They were poorer than before, but lived a comfortable life (exept for the eastern Districts). The Head City grew more independent from the Capitol and eventually saw the Capitol as their partner and not their ´mother´. No one resisted to all those changes, but at a certain moment one District had te courage to rebel: District 16 (White Russia) organized a revolution. This became a big mistake, because the Head City sent hovercrafts with powerful bombs and within eight minutes the whole District was radioactive, 'cause the bombs made the power plants explode, so the radiation spread quickly. Almost the whole population died, except for a few people in the scarce places that weren't influenced by the rays. Any District that ever planned to rebell, didn't do it because of the horrors in District 16. Then a nature disaster vanished most of District 26, that remained, but is unpopulated. After a hunderd years, the Head City announced that the borders from the Districts were going to be guarded more strict and travelling was forbidden from that moment on. The reason for this decision is unknown. That was seven years before the message was spread that Panem was bored of its games (the 97th Hunger Games were the last to take place) and that they wanted something new in the form of New Continent Games. This idea went on and the 1st New Games were held

Demography

The original borders from before the Capitol's takeover remained, altough some small changes were made. The small countries, such as Luxembourg and Andorra, vanished. Some old countries got more terrain, like France and Ukraine. Most islands, like Corsica, are unpopulated.

There are bigger and smaller Districts, and they all have their own speciality, just like Panem. The biggest District is 2 (France), followed by 7 (Sweden) and 20 (Ukraine). The border between east and west is marked with the ancient Berlin Wall (which doesn't go straight through Berlin, but follows Germany's western border. West is rich and healty, East is poor and dark, so both sides have their advantages in the Games: children from West are healthier and stronger, but children from East can handle simple weapons because the neighboorhoods are so dangerous. The Head City is located on a human-made island a few hundred kilometers above District 1 (United Kingdom). It's positioned on an enormous island along with some other government facilities and a gigantic maze. Wars don't happen anymore. Except for the rebellion in District 16 only District 1 and 33 (Ireland) fought a bloody war, 'cause 33 wanted more ground. District 1 is more friendly with the Head City, so 33 was defeated and didn't get any expension, although it's quite tight-populated. District 1 has also the most inhabitants, 80 million, followed by District 5 (Germany) and 2, with both 60 million.

Some Districts, like 17 (Poland), 23 (Lithuania) and 30 (Greece), are neither West or East and learn both languages and habits: there are two languages on the New Continent – Western and Eastern.

There has been a lot of speculations about floodings and vulcanic activity in the future, but this actually never happened. Indeed, flood was a feared occasion. However, technology's more advanced, so systems were invented which could stop the flood threat. Vulcanoes in the southern parts of District 31 (Italy), by far the most vulcanic, are also chemically and technically 'killed', which means they don't and can't erupt anymore. So natural violence isn't an issue at all anymore, except for one moment. There has been one incident of a natural catastrophe, and that was around a hundred years before the beginning of the Games. The whole of District 26 has been destroyed by an unknown cause of nature, which makes it still and official District, but it is unpopulated and impossible to inhabit ever again.

District informations

1. United Kingdom - telephone

2. France – alcoholic consumptions

3. Belgium - candy

4. The Netherlands – education (materials)

5. Germany – coal

6. Spain - oil

7. Sweden - wood

8. Finland - printing (books)

9. Norway - paint

10. Austria - Masonry

11. Croatia - Shipping

12. Czech Republic - architecture

13. Slovakia – water treatment

14. Slovenia – beauty products except cosmetics

15. Swiss – medicine

16. White Russia – nuclear energy

17. Poland – heavy industry

18. Ukraine - livestock

19. Moldova - butchery

20. Romania - clothing

21. Hungary - cooking

22. Bosnia - hunt

23. Lithuania – other technology

24. Latvia - Gems

25. Estonia – green energy

26. Serbia (unpopulated, so no tributes or speciality)

27. Macedonia - cosmetics

28. Bulgaria – music instruments

29. Albania - prisons

30. Greece - fishing

31. Italy - grain

32. Portugal - furniture

33. Ireland - transportation

34. Iceland – sports

35. Denmark - toys

Hope you like it! I sort of created my own universe, some things belong to Suzanne Collins, some things belong to me. I'll post a normal chapter tomorrow. Spoiler: Mason is going to show he's not a nice guy :D