Wayang

"'They are puppets. Bitter and full of hatred towards the Numen who abandoned them. That is the truth of Wayang, your city.'""- Pertiwi, referring to Wayang"

Wayang of Nusawi is a technologically advanced, utopian city where the nation's most wealthy and powerful citizens live. As the front lines of Nusawi in all trading routes, this city rules the nation's five islands, organizes and celebrates the "Descent of Caelus" annually.

Prior to the Reformation, Wayang was nothing but a strip of land used to fend off foreign settlers, led by the four tribe leaders: Aswasada from Darumadja, Wowon from Sawangan, Sengani from Gongseng, and Marisi from Pusuk Buhit. The four tribes amalgamated until they formed a united front ready for the early days of the Numenic War. They were the strongest Heirphants in Nusawi. They didn't realise, however, how brutal the foreign Numens would be. After the Zephyr settlers, four distinct families said to be the descendants of these tribe leaders rule the city and came to power. Aurai, the protagonist of Eliade, is a descendant of Marisi and Jeroen van der Berg, the chief captain of the first boat which struck Wayangan soil. Now, Wayang has reserved heirophancy to the elite despite the fact that they no longer require their elemental aid from having such technological advancements in a very short time.

Location
Wayang is located on the North-western area of Nusawi, proximally the area between present-day Sumatra and Kalimantan. It's a metropolitan citadel that is technologically advanced and has more "pristine" nature in comparison to the other, more natural landscapes. The only mountain parts is at the very edge of the island which served as their line of defence in the Numenic War.

History and Founding
The four tribe leaders fought bravely against the foreign settlers and their Numenic support, but they were vastly outnumbered. Even through their loss and grief, not once did any of their people told the truth about what lies beyond their strip of land to these foreigners. To them, the only thing that existed was this island who had been birthed with the name 'Wayang.'

The settlers built a man-made island at the peak of this city and set their settlement there. When Wayang gained independence, the descendants of those four tribe leaders reclaimed that island and changed it into their residential district to pay homage to their great grandparents. They named it "Ludificor" as that was the name the settlers used to call them. Now, their bloods are tainted with theirs, they saw it fitting to claim that title, too.

These warriors used to live in, what is now known as, the "Old City" after being casted away by the settlers. Now, the place is a relic and only those families noble enough to have fought alongside the descendants of The Four were housed there.

The reformation took years but Wayang expanded into the Mountainous regions and even built ports once they were in the clearing to connect with the other four islands of Nusawi for the first time in over a century. As more and more Nusawans came to the city for jobs and a better life, the city divided its land into 7 major sectors. Much of its business takes place in "New City", right at the very heart of Nusawi.

The Sectors
After gaining control of the city and country, the four families divided the city into "sectors" as a way to maintain the city's production a constant.

Sector 1, a port town, manages the internal trading within Nusawi, specifically for Darumadja and Gongsèng. They specifically deal with architecture materials such as wood and metal.

Sector 2 is yet another port town; however, it deals with exports and imports out of the country. his used to be taken cared of by the "Old City," but since the nobles and elite's opinions changed about the social hierarchy, they created a new port town at the South of the city.

Sector 3 is another port town that deals with intra-nation trading between Wayang, Sawangan and Pusuk Buhit. Their speciality is agriculture and militia. This is where Alwi is first seen in the books.

Sector 4 were the first miners in Wayang. After the settlers left, the Old City denizens hired the lower caste to mine through the mountains surefooted by Pertiwi to protect the rest of Nusawi. Their houses are tiny and cramped at the foot of the mountain. It is said that lights at sector 4 are brightest in the day.

Sector 5 was made for production of cultural heritages such as textiles. Many factories lay here.

Sector 6 are houses of those who work in the production factories in Sector 5 and any noble driven out of their caste from the Old City and the New City. It's crummy and dusty.

Sector 7 is alienated from the rest of Wayang but their lives are said to be he happiest. They are elusive due to the fact that they are farmers who were given by the Tetrachy a vast of land for them to till and grow crops out of.

Society and Culture

 * "As sure as blood that runs through our veins, do rivers course through Wayang. Oh, Wayang, heart of Nusawi."
 * ―Lyrics from the Wayang anthem, "Heart of Nusawi"[src]

Many Capitol residents are extremely shallow, always looking for ways to be noticed. An outrageous sense of style and fashion are very important to the citizens of the Capitol. It is common for them to tattoo and dye their bodies in extravagant bright colors, as well as undergo plastic surgery to alter their appearances. Known results of the surgeries are whiskers, dyed skin, talons, decorative patterns cut into their skin, and more outrageous fashions alluded to but not mentioned. These alterations are done so heavily that Katniss describes them as disfiguring, wondering if the people of the Capitol realize how horrifying they look to the rest of Panem. Some people of the Capitol also have gems implanted in their skin. Capitol residents frequently wear wigs in a multitude of colors. In The Hunger Games, when Katniss and Peeta are talking on the roof the night before their enter to the arena, Peeta admits that it would be hard to tell if they were wearing any fancy costumes, because you might as well mistake their ordinary clothing for a costume.

In order to have a good time at a party and eat as much as they want, Capitol residents drink a liquid (similar to ipecac) that causes them to vomit, thus providing enough room in their stomachs for more food. The residents seem oblivious to the fact that, although they go through lots of food and still have plenty left over, many of the districts' residents are starving. The food Capitol residents eat is extremely rich and appears in exotic and beautiful patterns, such as bread rolls shaped like flowers and oranges served with a sauce. Everything is luxurious and overwhelming for the tributes that arrive from the poor districts (for example, food dispensers and showers with over a hundred buttons).

The people who live in the Capitol are culturally distinct from the rest of Panem, speaking with strange accents; their voices are high pitched, their jaws barely open when talking, and their tone at the ends of their sentences going up as if they're asking a question (this particular trait is present in real life Californian English). They have odd vowels, clipped words, and tend to hiss the letter "s." The only noted exceptions to this are Cinna and Plutarch Heavensbee.

People living in the Capitol are very easy to win over because, despite the fact that they enjoy theatric bloodshed, they love sentimentality and melodrama. Both Katniss and other former victors have exploited this fact to further their own agenda. Haymitch also states that it's possible to gain support in the arena simply by gushing.

Capitol residents have often been said to treat the Hunger Games like a celebrated sporting event and a highly anticipated source of entertainment and past time. They take pride in betting on the tributes simply for bragging rights, not understanding or showing any regard for the horror their government is committing by forcing the games upon the districts. Some citizens are sponsors to the tributes, paying money for packages of supplies that are then delivered to them in the arena. Also, the more blood and fighting there is in the arena, the greater the entertainment for the Capitol. Unlike the twelve districts of Panem, the Capitol does not have to offer children for the Hunger Games, although the idea was discussed in Mockingjay.

It is also observed that they are unhappy about the previous victors being thrown into the arena once more for the 3rd Quarter Quell, because they have grown attached to the victors. Many Capitol citizens wanted to stop that Hunger Games from happening.

Capitol citizens are extremely wealthy and life moves very slowly until the Games, which make them all the more anticipated. Despite being at the top of both the economic and social chain, there is very little in the way of celebration or festivity until the Games and Victory Tour.

Capitol citizens are noted to have quite high ranking and integral roles and occupations for Panem as a whole, as an example, Iphigenia Moss’ father worked in the agriculture department and as such, determines and regulates the flow of food within Panem. It’s also noted that the Crane family worked in the travel industry and the Creed family oversaw the production of timbre within District 7. Pliny Harrington’s father was also a naval commander within District 4 and former President Coriolanus Snow’s family had assets for laboratories within District 13. Many Capitol citizens have high ranking occupations within the districts themselves despite sour and unfavourable relationships, and as such could presumably be a reason as to why the Capitol had exploited the districts to such an extent.

There is also an academy and university for the brightest and most well-connected students. Additionally, even the Capitol had a black market, which Coriolanus Snow once purchased a pair of dark pants from.

Government and Military
The Capitol has no localized city government as the central government of Panem is housed at the Capitol. Capitol citizens control the government as all members of President Snow's cabinet are Capitol citizens. Prior to the establishment of the Constitutional Republic in the wake of the Second Rebellion, no elections were held in Panem or in the Capitol so it is unknown how President Snow came to his position. The Capitol exerts all political and economic control over all of Panem, and Snow's regime is known to be exceptionally harsh in keeping law and order in the districts.

Headed by the president who is the ultimate authority in the nation, the Capitol imposes a centrally planned economy on the districts, with all major industries under its control. The economic development of the districts is thus extremely limited, and nearly all citizens live in abject poverty.

The President of Panem heads a cabinet whose members are chosen by the president himself. The individual members of the cabinet are charged with various duties and portfolios.

After the Battle of the Capitol, the Central Government is dissolved, and its members were arrested, including President Snow himself.

The Capitol employs a large military force known as Peacekeepers to enforce its laws and police the districts. The majority of the military's manpower comes from District 2, as Capitol citizens are not known for physically fighting. With few exceptions, the only members of the military who reside in the Capitol are the military commanders. The Peacekeepers are armed with advanced, cutting edge equipment and technology, including nuclear arms. Following the overthrow of the Capitol, the armed forces are disbanded as well, with large numbers of peacekeepers arrested, tried, and executed.

Relationship with the Islands
After the collapse of modern civilization, the thirteen districts were brought together under the Capitol's rule, thus forming the nation of Panem. Originally, there were thirteen districts, until the outbreak of the First Rebellion, which was a failed attempt to topple the dictatorship.

District 13, unbeknownst to the other districts, was the Capitol's primary weapons supplier as its industry was in military arms production and nuclear weapons development and research, which had been instrumental to supporting the First and Second Rebellions. As the First Rebellion was failing, 13 managed to get the Capitol to capitulate to a degree through a threat of mutually assured destruction with their nuclear arsenal. 13 was allowed to secede from Panem and would prepare for another rebellion in the following decades, and the Capitol created fear-mongering propaganda of District 13's "annihilation" in the war, whilst hoping that the rogue district would eventually die out.

Though the districts harvest all of the country's resources, such as fish, coal, lumber, textiles, technology, electricity, transportation, grain, livestock, crops, and gems, they must export almost all of their resources to serve the Capitol's citizens and their overwhelming greed. As a result, many districts, such 12 and 11, don't have enough coal to power their own district or enough food to feed their citizens (respectively). Districts 1, 2, and 4 typically have a better relationship with the Capitol and therefore receive more, have better food, and are graced with other various goods.

It is said that the Capitol favors District 2 as a lapdog, although District 2 is still not excused from the Hunger Games. Out of all the districts, District 2 is the most loyal to the Capitol. Following the end of the First Rebellion and the destruction (in reality, secession) of District 13, the Capitol looked to District 2 as the new center of its military-industrial complex. The Capitol's military operations were thus based in District 2's mountains.

With the establishment of the base in District 2, military careers were offered to District 2 citizens. Because of this, many District 2 citizens began to look favorably upon the Capitol. Nevertheless, citizens in the mountainous regions who remained loyal to the district trade of masonry, maintained a negative view of the Capitol, and rebelled during the Second Rebellion.

The districts have no political representation since all power is invested in the central government in the Capitol, with a President acting as the supreme leader of the nation. The districts' mayors serve as governors, ensuring the districts fulfill their quotas of production. They serve no electoral representative role as parliamentarians, senators, or congressional representatives.

As a result, the citizens of the districts live in abject poverty and under brutal oppression. The Capitol takes advantage of the suffering, using it as a tool of control, to keep the districts in line and in servitude.

Second Rebellion
Following the victory of Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark in the 74th Hunger Games, unrest began growing in the districts once more, particularly the outlying and most impoverished districts, such as 11 and 8. After Katniss and Peeta's failure to distinguish the dissent within the districts during their Victory tour, President Snow announced the third quarter quell, in which victors were forced back into the arena as tributes. After the 75th Hunger games ended with Katniss blowing up the arena, many districts turned to full-scale rebellion against the Capitol, with Districts 1, 3, 8 and 11 being the first the seperate from Capitol control. The full-scale uprising, which after several months, ultimately led to the takeover of all 12 districts by the rebel forces, led and supported by District 13 and its military arsenal.

Rebel forces then managed to set up military bases around the outer areas of the Capitol and effectively managed to make safe pathways leading further into the Capitol despite the pods activated by gamemakers. By the end of the rebellion, as the Capitol evacuates citizens affected from the war residing in the outer blocks of the city, the rebel forces uses the opportunity to further their assault within the Capitol. The invasion of the Capitol is ultimately successful, leading to the overthrow of the Snow regime and the arrests of large numbers of Capitol officials, including the prsident himself.

Interim President Alma Coin called for the remaining seven Hunger Games Victors to vote on a 76th Hunger Games, using Capitol children. The victors approved by a narrow 4-3 decision. However, during the execution of deposed president Coriolanus Snow, Katniss Everdeen made the last-minute decision to assassinate Coin. In the chaos that followed, a free election was held, resulting in the victory of Commander Paylor, a rebel military commander from District 8. The 76th Hunger Games were never held, and the event was entirely abolished afterwards. Under the leadership of the new administration, Panem was transformed into a constitutional republic. Massive economic and political liberalization took place afterwards, and the districts are implied to have prospered.