Panem's first legitimate election was held, fittingly enough, on the Fourth of July. Polling places were set up in some of the many new schoolhouses that were popping up all over the country. For those too old to make it to the polling stations, canvassers went door to door, and out in the wilderness. By their rough estimates, they reached approximately 98 percent of the population. But that wasn't good enough, so a nationwide Census to count the population was proposed that following year.
A man named Arnim Novo was elected president. He immediately made the runner-up his vice president. Every move and edict was covered by teams of reporters from the newspapers Katniss helped found. After building a simple printing press copies were sent off every month, and then every week. Each house had a special space to hold newspapers and books, the first of which was a true account of the Hunger Games, written by the victors.
Beetee led a team of scientists devoted to the most important pursuit - food. Using videos Katniss had brought with her, he began creating a fleet of tractors and dump trucks. They used a special gardening method that allowed them to grow the maximum number of crops in every square foot. They ran hoses through the field with tiny pinpricks in the them, a method known as drip irrigation. At first they grew protein heavy foods like beans, soy, wheat and potatoes, but once there was enough of that they branched out into fruits and vegetables. And Peeta helped teach these techniques to everyone. "A garden in every home" became that year's slogan.
A team of scribes began to copy machine designs, maps, and practical ideas onto paper, which were then transported by train, horse and foot throughout the nation. To do this they created their own postal office, and they began to create trade and mail routes connecting every city.
Haymitch help create rules of conduct for a true police and law enforcement system. They were armed with batons, and nothing more.
Katniss became one of the greatest "Firsts" Panem had ever seen. She was the first to show that vaccines were safe by having herself vaccinated. The first to show microwave food was safe to eat. The first to sign the Bill of Rights. The first to travel into space. And many others. After each first, millions of others followed. "If Katnis Can" became an inspiring slogan for generations.
Professor Katniss Everdeen finally died at age 120, her healthy life marred only with three brief cancer treatments when she was in her 90's. Her casket was carried through the streets via electric car, and televised on all of the major news stations. Her children and grandchildren mourned her, along with her thousands of devoted history students, congressman, doctors, writers, farmers and teachers and 200 million other grateful citizens.
Slowly the darkness was rolled back, and the light of knowledge began to connect people, then cities, and then the entire nation, now reborn as the United States of Panem.
The End