And it was decreed that each year, the 12 districts of Panem should offer up a tribute of one young man
and woman between the ages of 12 and 18 to be trained in the art of survival and to be prepared to fight to the death.
The story takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future in the nation of Panem, where boys
and girls between the ages of 12 and 18 must take part in the Hunger Games, a televised annual event in which the"tributes" are required to fight to the death until there is one remaining who will be crowned the victor.