Panem Map Explanations
SIne jocelyncs asked....
Hokayso. Here is the the earth Panem.
Explanations for each placement are as follows. Resources are taken from government databases (USGS, USDA, NMFS, etc.)
Capitol: On the western edge of the Rockies, isolated by vast borderlands from the poor outlying districts, difficult to reach by rebel assault. Large lake for the nice views. Milder climate.
District One: Located near some deposits of precious metals and a few gemstone mines. (District Six supplies further during their own mining operations)
District Two: Near the Capitol, in the Rockies, contains the Cheyenne Mountain site that sounds a lot like "The Nut", granite quarrying occurs in the Rockies.
District Three: Located near Area 51 (for their superseekrit Capitol projects) and Silicon Valley (traditionally associated with high tech).
District Four: Based on my knowledge as a fisheries biologist. Shrimp, as specifically mentioned from Four in canon, is a huge Gulf of Mexico industry, not Pacific, and the tanned skin of Four natives implies a warm climate. No point moving far inland into unproductive regions for fisheries so I kept it pretty coastal. The northern Gulf coast (Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida) is typically a bit more productive than the south, and I didn't see that the Capitol would invest in the infrastructure to maintain fishing ports in south Mexico and transport their catch from there.
District Five: Large rivers (Colorado, Rio Grande, etc.) for hydroelectric power, proximity to District Four to maintain offshore oil platforms there, and wide vistas with wind for windmill power. Also, as per this map, Five would contain some copper mines for manufacturing electrical wires.
District Six: Kind of "what was left over when I placed everything else", and there's no reason for it not to be in the Pacific Northwest. But Seattle is traditionally associated with Boeing aircraft production which would be a nice nod to hovercraft. It's close to the Capitol, which is its primary transportation audience, and contains at least one iron mine for use in steel production.
District Seven: Based largely on the forestry cover depicted in this map. I included some redwoods and cedars in British Columbia, but also went for the coniferous and deciduous forests.
District Eight: Described as urban, northern, and cold. Again, after ruling out other regions with more specifically placed districts, the Great Lakes region (Detroit, Chicago, Buffalo, Toronto) seemed likely given its industrial associations.
District Nine: Based on agricultural census data and my knowledge of ag. I didn't find great pictures online for the small bits of Canada, but those are indeed ag parts of Canada with close resemblance to the Dakotas. Incorporates some of the best acreage for corn, sorghum, wheat, barley, oats, rye, and soybeans. Tesserae grain is presumably at least somewhat similar to these common grain crops.
District Ten: Based on ag census data also. Incorporating, or at least trying to come close, to some prime areas for cows, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, chickens, and turkeys.
District Eleven: Ag census. Including some examples: rice, cotton, tobacco, sugarcane, strawberries, peaches, pecans, grapefruit. Presumably crops not able to be grown naturally in that region (cacao, etc.) are grown in a "Capitol mutt" version altered for the climate.
District Twelve: In the Appalachians, based on this map and this one. Employing 2-4000 adults in one Appalachian mine sounded unrealistic. I expect there's the district center with one mine nearby, and some other mines within reasonable daily transport. Most Appalachian coal is bituminous. There's also a need in industry for anthracite coal, particularly in steel manufacturing, and there's none of that south of northeastern Pennsylvania, so I made that the northernmost extent of Twelve.
District Thirteen: I included Washington DC because of the underground nature of Thirteen and how the existing structures there would have allowed Thirteen to hide after the Capitol bombing. As for graphite mining, New England historically has graphite mining, as does Quebec.
Hokayso. Here is the the earth Panem.
Explanations for each placement are as follows. Resources are taken from government databases (USGS, USDA, NMFS, etc.)
Capitol: On the western edge of the Rockies, isolated by vast borderlands from the poor outlying districts, difficult to reach by rebel assault. Large lake for the nice views. Milder climate.
District One: Located near some deposits of precious metals and a few gemstone mines. (District Six supplies further during their own mining operations)
District Two: Near the Capitol, in the Rockies, contains the Cheyenne Mountain site that sounds a lot like "The Nut", granite quarrying occurs in the Rockies.
District Three: Located near Area 51 (for their superseekrit Capitol projects) and Silicon Valley (traditionally associated with high tech).
District Four: Based on my knowledge as a fisheries biologist. Shrimp, as specifically mentioned from Four in canon, is a huge Gulf of Mexico industry, not Pacific, and the tanned skin of Four natives implies a warm climate. No point moving far inland into unproductive regions for fisheries so I kept it pretty coastal. The northern Gulf coast (Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida) is typically a bit more productive than the south, and I didn't see that the Capitol would invest in the infrastructure to maintain fishing ports in south Mexico and transport their catch from there.
District Five: Large rivers (Colorado, Rio Grande, etc.) for hydroelectric power, proximity to District Four to maintain offshore oil platforms there, and wide vistas with wind for windmill power. Also, as per this map, Five would contain some copper mines for manufacturing electrical wires.
District Six: Kind of "what was left over when I placed everything else", and there's no reason for it not to be in the Pacific Northwest. But Seattle is traditionally associated with Boeing aircraft production which would be a nice nod to hovercraft. It's close to the Capitol, which is its primary transportation audience, and contains at least one iron mine for use in steel production.
District Seven: Based largely on the forestry cover depicted in this map. I included some redwoods and cedars in British Columbia, but also went for the coniferous and deciduous forests.
District Eight: Described as urban, northern, and cold. Again, after ruling out other regions with more specifically placed districts, the Great Lakes region (Detroit, Chicago, Buffalo, Toronto) seemed likely given its industrial associations.
District Nine: Based on agricultural census data and my knowledge of ag. I didn't find great pictures online for the small bits of Canada, but those are indeed ag parts of Canada with close resemblance to the Dakotas. Incorporates some of the best acreage for corn, sorghum, wheat, barley, oats, rye, and soybeans. Tesserae grain is presumably at least somewhat similar to these common grain crops.
District Ten: Based on ag census data also. Incorporating, or at least trying to come close, to some prime areas for cows, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, chickens, and turkeys.
District Eleven: Ag census. Including some examples: rice, cotton, tobacco, sugarcane, strawberries, peaches, pecans, grapefruit. Presumably crops not able to be grown naturally in that region (cacao, etc.) are grown in a "Capitol mutt" version altered for the climate.
District Twelve: In the Appalachians, based on this map and this one. Employing 2-4000 adults in one Appalachian mine sounded unrealistic. I expect there's the district center with one mine nearby, and some other mines within reasonable daily transport. Most Appalachian coal is bituminous. There's also a need in industry for anthracite coal, particularly in steel manufacturing, and there's none of that south of northeastern Pennsylvania, so I made that the northernmost extent of Twelve.
District Thirteen: I included Washington DC because of the underground nature of Thirteen and how the existing structures there would have allowed Thirteen to hide after the Capitol bombing. As for graphite mining, New England historically has graphite mining, as does Quebec.