The Census (ON HOLD)

Earth's carrying capacity was reached in the year 2023. Starvation was rampant, diseases spread like wildfire. The world was coming to an end. A solution was made in 2027, after 4 years of death. Every year, millions would be chosen, for the benefit of the people, to die at census. They'd throw you into a Wasteland to live out the limited time of your life. It is now 3000. I am Addy Scott, a poor 17 year old. I've witnessed 17 censuses. People I knew would die every year. Especially because we were poor. The poor, the unattractive, the mentally and physically handicapped, the elderly. Those are the people you didn't want to be during the census. Those are who were picked.