Prologue
Many years ago, a terrible war ravaged the earth and destroyed all of modern civilization. The land shifted and morphed, the seas raised swallowing up once great cities and destroying the great nations of the world. From this rose the Kingdom of Panem located in a land once called North America. Although technologies such as huge metal dreadnoughts which could float on the sea and flying craft were lost, the Kingdom of Panem is still a thriving utopia of technological advancement and culture. Our society is run by what is called the 'feudal' system, a system used in ancient times when men rode on the backs of horses wearing suits of metal and fighting using only blade and bow. As such the Kingdom of Panem was spilt into 13 'duchies' headed by a Duke or Duchess of noble blood who answer to the King of Panem and Capitol City, a city which shines as a beacon of hope to humanity. Capitol City is a huge complex of glittering streets and buildings which touch the sky, located at the centre are the Imperial Gardens which surround the Royal Palace. The gardens are controlled from the palace and can be changed at the press of a button. The kingdom lived in peace after the 'great destruction'. That was until the Theritanian Rebellion began the bloodiest conflict in our time.
The duchess of Theritania declared war on Capitol City and the King claiming the throne of Panem for herself. The country was divided, some duchies remaining loyal to the King and others joining the Theritanians. This conflict came to be known as the 'Days of Strife' or 'Dark Days'. In the end the King and his allies won by bombing Theritania into oblivion and exiling it's people into the wilderness. The remaining 12 duchies then signed the tributum congriutas or 'tribute agreement'. The first part of the agreement was to punish the duchies that fought on behalf of the Theritanians, those duchies had to pay a tax to Capitol City on certain goods slowly draining the duchies wealth. The second part of the agreement stated that each duchy would now be responsible for providing the whole kingdom with certain resources to sustain the kingdoms way of life.
The Duchies are as follows:
Duchy of Ontania: Luxury Items (Loyalist)
Duchy of Twontina: Military goods and Masonry (Loyalist)
Duchy of Thryvania: Technological Equipment and Advancement (Rebel)
Duchy of Fortuniva: Fishing and Seafood Farming (Loyalist)
Duchy of Fivenia: Electrical Power Production (Rebel)
Duchy of Sixitania: Transportation (Loyalist)
Duchy of Sevenia: Lumber and Paper production (Rebel)
Duchy of Eighantinia: Fabric and Clothing (Rebel)
Duchy of Ninthumbria: Cereal and Grain production (Loyalist)
Duchy of Tentov: Meat, Dairy and Wool (Rebel)
Duchy of Eleventa: Orchards and Wineries (Rebel)
Duchy of Twelvania: Coal Mining (Rebel)
Each Duke/Duchess of the of duchy works through various Lords who own one of the various resource producers. They sell their resources to the Duke/Duchess of the land who in turn supplies it to the entire Kingdom, the workings of the feudal system. To avoid such a conflict as the Dark Days again, the King of Panem set up what was called the Parliament of Dukes. Each year individual elections were held to choose a representative of each duchy. They would then travel to Capitol City and remain there for one whole term (3 years) to represent and bring up the grievances of each Duchy. In theory this is a good system for making the duchies work together but in practice it is nothing but old men shouting in a chamber of fancy carpets and chairs all out to line their own pockets.
I am Peeta Mellark, consort to the Prince of Panem. Well, I wasn't always before that I was the third son to the Duke of Twelvania. Twelvania is a small but pleasant land located it what was once called 'Virginia'. How did the third son to a coal mining duchies duke become consort to the Prince? Well…
Ok! So just a little Prologue so you know what the world is like, so it is pretty much the same as Panem in the movies but there is no Hunger Games and the world is a little bit brighter, so although Twelvania isn't the nicest Duchy it is better than District 12 in the books because the society is a lot more free and equal.
So hope you guys enjoy this idea of mine!
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