The Hunger Games is set in a utopian society .
The Hunger Games story takes place in a utopian post-apocalyptic future in the nation of Panem , where boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 18 must take part in the Hunger Games , a televised annual event in which the `` tributes `` are required to fight to the death until there is only one survivor .
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