District 13

Before The Dark Days War, District 13 Specialized In Nuclear Technology And Mining Graphite. During The Dark Days, They Were One Of The Major Forces Of The Rebellion. Near The End Of The Dark Days They Managed To Take Control Of The Nuclear Arsenal. District 13 Was Supposedly Bombed And Destroyed Before The First Annual Hunger Games At The End Of The Dark Days War, But It Was Hinted In Catching Fire That They Had Survived, And In Mockingjay It Is Confirmed That District 13 Had Become, Literally, An Underground District When The Population Retreated To Bunkers. After The Capitol And District 13 Agreed To Leave Each Other Alone Under The Doctrine Of Mutually Assured Destruction, The Capitol Spread The Story That District 13 Had Been Destroyed; District 13 Had Control Of The Nuclear Weapons Stockpile And The Capitol Did Not Want A Nuclear War. This Underground District Has Its Own Farms That It Maintains In Order To Survive After The Capitol Destroyed Everything Above Ground So As Not To Arouse The Suspicion Of The Other Districts. This Was A Risk That, According To Katniss, The Capitol Had Underestimated. District 13 Is A Week Away From District 12 On Foot. In Mockingjay, District 13 Is The Center Of The New Rebellion. The Lifestyle In District 13 Is Very Strict Because Of Their Circumstances. When A Citizen Wakes Up, They Are Given A Temporary Tattoo Of Their Personalized Schedule For The Day. They Are Very Thrifty And Ration Food Carefully — Even A Small Thing Wasted Is Heavily Frowned Upon And Minor Theft Is Punished By Detention. Everyone Over The Age Of 14 Is Addressed As "Soldier" Because Almost Everyone In District 13 Is Being Trained For A Military Rebellion Against The Capitol. The Leader Of District 13 Is President Alma Coin Who Aspires To Succeed Snow As President Of Panem And Has Orchestrated The Events In Books Two And Three To Circumvent District 13's Truce With The Capitol. Coin Sends Peeta With Some Troops With Orders To Kill Katniss In Case She Supports Someone Else To Be President. Katniss Later