"The train finally begins to slow and suddenly bright light floods the compartment. We can't help it. Both Peeta and I run to the window to see what we've only seen on televison, the Capitol, the ruling city of Panem. The cameras haven't lied about its grandeur. If anything, they have not quite captured the magnificence of the glistening buildings in a rainbow of hues that tower into the air, the shiny cars that roll down paved streets, the oddly dressed people with bizarre hair and painted faces who have never missed a meal. All the colors seem artificial, the pinks too deep, the green too bright, the yellows painful to the eyes, like the flat round disks of hard candy we can never afford to buy at the tiny sweet shop in District 12."

~The Hunger Games
Page. 59


Welcome to the Capitol! The Capitol is very fancy and works on capitalism. The inhabitants are mainly very shallow and selfish with few exceptions. The Capitol very commonly uses nuclear weapons. This can refer to the Cold War between USA (the Capitol) and Soviet Union/Russia (District 13).