‘The Hunger Games’: What Your District Says About You

The wealthiest of the twelve districts, District 1 makes luxury goods for the Capitol. Its children get strange, lush names, as we see with Glimmer and Marvel, and later Cashmere and Gloss. Despite their pansy-ass names, these kids are known as "Career" tributes, and often volunteer for the "honor" of competing in the Hunger Games.

For a district that specializes in stone quarries and creates trains and weaponry for the Peacekeepers -- not to mention nukes -- District 2's members are a bunch of suck-ups: It's known as the Capitol's favorite and often gets babied. That said, it boasts crazies like Cato and boasts the largest number of Hunger Games victors. (In unrelated news, this is the district I was sorted into.)

While physically weaker than other tributes, these residents have above-average intelligence thanks to District 3's specialization in technological advances: Televisions, cars, explosives. Tributes turn this kind of knowledge to sabotaging their competitors in the Arena, with minefields and electric traps. (Lucia's a member of this one.)

Thanks to their training in fishing and how to make nets and lures, the District 4 tributes are also considered Careers and have triumphed in past Games. They're also considered the most "decent-looking" -- which may not be a compliment compared to the crazy looks in the Capitol, but probably puts them a rung above the other districts' tributes.

Not much is known about District 5 except that its specialization is in DNA splicing. Interestingly, its tribute of note in The Hunger Games is the wily girl Katniss nicknames Foxface.

Another mysterious region, District 6 probably specializes in medicines, especially since two tributes we meet in the trilogy have abused a certain drug called morphling...

Another region whose children start backbreaking labor at a young age, District 7 specializes in lumber as well as the weapons that perform those tasks: Hatchets, axes, etc.

Another favorite of the Capitol, District 8 provides textiles and have entire factories dedicated to manufacturing the Peacekeepers' uniforms.

District 9's industry is unknown, but it does have a Tumblr. (Wouldn't it be great if it were related to aliens and/or South Africa?)

Livestock. That's all we know about District 10.

One of the poorest regions, District 11's workers labor in cotton fields. The Peacekeepers are so oppressive that many of District 11's residents are malnourished, despite the area's specialization in agriculture. Its tributes Rue and Thresh are both black. Social commentary much?

In the series, District 12 is perhaps the poorest district, with its inhabitants toiling away in the coal mines. Several years before the first book, Katniss' father is killed in a mine explosion. That said, you can bet that any Hunger Games fan who got sorted into 12 is delighted to share the same space as the protagonists Katniss and Peeta.