Bureau of Labor Statistics uses data to map Panem from 'The Hunger Games'
Published in Weird News
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics put real data in a fictional context by using "location quotients" to map out the districts of Panem from The Hunger Games.
The bureau said in a blog post on its official website that it used data collected from around the country to determine likely locations of the 12 districts of Panem, which Suzanne Collins' novels describe as "the country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once called North America."
The project didn't result in a finalized Panem map, but rather used "location quotients" to determine areas in the United States where the districts, which each align with certain industries, would be likely to rise based on current industry.
District 1: Luxury goods
District 2: Rock quarrying
District 3: Electronic goods manufacturing
District 4: Fishing
District 5: Power generation
District 6: Transportation manufacturing
District 7: Lumber
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