The Coloseum, Rome, Italy
Nearly four billion people are tuned in to the global broadcast. It doesn't matter where they are. It doesn't matter what time zone they are in. The world has come to a complete standstill and shall remain that way for the next couple months as the announcement for the Hunger Games commences. Which twelve countries shall be selected this year? The businessman in Tokyo chews his nails despite knowing it's a disgusting habit. The deliverywoman in New York has her earbuds tuned into the livestream as she makes her way up the apartment. A group of sick children at an overcrowded hospital in New Delhi listen to the reporter.
The Italian Prime-Minister is welcomed. Vittoria Bianco waves to the crowd. The host country which won the year prior never participates. Thanks to recent victor Rolando Schmidt, all the children in Italy are spared for one more year.
Vittoria speaks into the microphone, "Grazie! Thank you for attending our magnificent ceremony as we choose the twelve nations which will grant us one young man and woman to be challenged in the most prestigious competition on Earth. I present to you, Victor Rolando Schmidt of Bolzano, Italy."
The crowd cheers as he makes his way onto the stage. He is handsome as he waves in a white suit, customary for the victor as they personally draw the twelve slips from the glass bowl of 196 countries. He smiles proudly, but his eyes tell another story.
Each time he selects a slip, he hands it to the Prime Minister. And she reads them aloud.
The twelve nations are as follows.
Canada
Hungary
Peru
Barbados
Ghana
South Korea
Algeria
Malta
Brazil
Sweden
Turkey
Russia
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