In the recent book The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which will be a major motion picture in November, it is made clear that Reaping Day actually happens on July 4th. To me this obviously ties the fictitious world of Panem to the United States where the currency they use in both places is also in dollars. Don't tie yourself in knots trying to figure out what 12 districts are in the US. Once your get by West Virginia being the coal district everything else falls apart.
Also remember that Peacekeepers in the books were not neutral - they were offensive minded. Not sure what this says about the UN and their "peacekeepers" but guessing that Suzanne Collins didn't pick the name randomly.
I read the first Hunger Games books and was hooked. The second book was good but not as good as the first. I only finished the third because I had read the first two. Never bothered with the third movie. This latest prequel is closer to the first book in the series and I'd recommend it. Lots of twists and turns.
Looking forward to the movie in November.
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