Conditionally Recommended: Panem (The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins)

For more of a challenge, and with World-State-esque faction/clique management requirements, we have a series of Conditionally Recommended ratings.

There’s only one question really. Which district? If it’s the Capitol or one of the fancy ones, this is a great place to migrate to! Just try and time your annual holiday to be during the finale of the whole annual teen murder reality show thing.

If it’s not a posh district, we’re assuming that it’s still better than where you live now—or is it? Watch out for false advertising. If you go anyway, just make the best of it, and try not to excel at anything athletic. Ensure that they’re not letting you migrate just to force you to be some sort of angsty gladiator. Similar ratings apply to similar dystopias like Chicago (Divergent, Veronica Roth), Mars (Red Rising, Pierce Brown), Uglyville (Uglies, Scott Westerfield) and the Glade (The Maze Runner, James Dashner).

Essentially, remember that arbitrary castes mean nothing: as long as there are good people in the world, you will find solidarity, support and shelter at the borders between social divisions. But in any of the options in this dystopia cluster, we must caution you to turn away if your Protagonist Quotient is high. You need to stay out of inter-faction drama, never be seen near the edgy, stylish “outsider” types. Don’t be a token diverse member of anything. Avoid death battles. Avoid pretending to be shocked by very familiar or moderate social problems just because your local friends are very naive and dramatic. Just avoid drawing attention to yourself in any way, and you’ll do just fine.