One could speak of british foreign policy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as manipulative a. they fooled the last ottoman sultan into believing that if they sided with the british against the russians, the british will assist them with massive modernization of the empire's economy. b. the promised the same territory to the hashimites, the saudis, and the zionists. c. the encouraged the egyptian khedive to invest in the cotton industry, only to watch the economy collapse after the end of the american civil war. d. all of the answers are applicable.

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.  

is there a year set? the question is incomplete