who exercises political control over the rest of the nation in the first book of The Hunger Games Trilogy?
Catching Fire: Catching Fire is a 2009 science fiction young adult novel by the American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in "The Hunger Games trilogy". Catching Fire:  As the sequel to the 2008 bestseller "The Hunger Games", it continues the story of Katniss Everdeen and the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. The Hunger Games (novel):  The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, exercises political control over the rest of the nation.
The Capitol