United States government

''Halt! This is federal property! No admittance without proper authorization.'' (Navarro gate guard)

The President may require the Opinion of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices. (United States Constitution, Article Two, Section 2, Clause 1).

Executive branch
The Enclave was covert branch of the legal U.S. government and a shadow government, that was having paranoid dreams for a coup against the real U.S. government. The Enclave members acted as lobbysts for industry sector also.

Federal executive departments and agencies
There were mentioned in Fallout games:
 * department or departments responsible for defence affairs :
 * War Department - refered in Maxson Log as present in year 2077,
 * Defense Department - mentioned by West Tech Research Facility mainframe as present in year 2076,
 * Department of Defence - connected with HERMES armor research and mentioned by "Faction Profile – the Brotherhood of Steel" together with Pentagon.
 * The Secretary of the Army was mentioned at Tibbets design document as present in 2040 . According to Van Buren tech demo plot federal government had limited power with army - according to their names at least some Armored Infantry Divisions belonged to commonwealths.


 * department or departments responsible for energy and power:
 * Department of Energy - mentioned in timeline in year 2053 ,
 * Department of Water and Power - mentioned in Vault Locations v34.129 holodisc.
 * Moreover Atomic Energy Commision was present in year 2241.


 * department responsible for foreign affairs, possibly - Department of State - in real world it was Great Seal of the United States keeper also,
 * department or departments responsible for war bonds and Vault bonds,
 * department or departments responsible for law enforcement agencies supervision, like:
 * Federal Bureau of Investigation ,
 * Unamerican Activities Force ,
 * Secret Service ,
 * BADTFL - responsible for issuing of special permits for Combat Armors civilian use also.

There was independent Environmental Protection Agency planned to be present also.

Possible Cabinet positions in order of presidencial succession
There were also Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as cabinet level administration officer.
 * Secretary of State,
 * Secretary of Treasure,
 * Secretary of War/Defence,
 * Secretary of Water and Power/Energy,

Legislative branch

 * Congress mentioned - Library of Congress packed in the GECK.
 * Senat mentioned - senator Todd Peterson built Maxson Bunker.
 * The House of Representatives and Congress both (sic!) in February 15 2075 voted unanimously to impeach the President for jaywalking.

Judical branch
Federal Courts mentioned at Tibbets design document.

Afterwar succession
Constitutional foundation for United States presidential line of succession were Article II, Section 1, Section 3 of the 20th Amendment (1933), and the 25th Amendment (1967).

In March 2077, prepared for a nuclear or biological attack from China, the President and the Enclave retreated to remote sections around the globe and make contingency plans for continuing the war.
 * One of the few old world organizations to survive the Great War was the Enclave - before the war the shadow government within the legal government of the United States. Members of the Enclave were hardliners who both embraced the idea of a nuclear war and knew that the common man could not survive it. They believed that as long as the “important people” of the United States survived, they could regroup quickly and wipe out communism once and for all. Enclave used Poseidon Energy facilities - protected during the firestorm of 2077.
 * In 2241 NORAD was offline, there was the large Crater in 2253.
 * Status of the Enclave of the USA President position was questioned by Brotherhood of Steel. Their representative in San Francisco (Matthew) referred Dick Richardson as "so-called Presedent".
 * In 2277 there were no U.S. government presence at Pentagon building, however somewhere on the Capital Wasteland area once again Enclave was present.
 * The federal government may not have ever considered the Vaults as society's best chance for survival - the government may have considered themselves the best candidates for rebuilding the world and already had their asses covered in the event of a nuclear or biological war by relocating to other remote installations across the nation (and elsewhere) that weren't necessarily Vaults. The Enclave certainly didn't seem to be devoting much effort to digging up any other vaults and trying to use the human stock there to rebuild civilization.

Executive branch


In year 2220 Congressman Richardson was elected president for the first term of five, through aid and political pressure by his father, previous the U.S. president. It is not certain, if present in year 2241 president Dick Richardson was one elected in 2220, however it was possible (eg. he could had some term off, or terms were longer then four years).

Notice: it seems the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (1951) didn't work (if existed or not repealled) - in real world it also prevents a President from being elected more than twice.



The Cabinet was addresse of the Project report from United States Chemical Corps and Power Plant Operations report from Atomic Energy Commission. Its seat was Executive Office on the oil rig.

The only known cabinet level administration officer in the Enclave was Vice-President, the first person in the presidential line of succession. Very likely Cabinet present in the Enclave was minimally staffed (eg. the first American President appointed a Cabinet of four people).

Agencies present after the War:
 * Secret Service (USSS) - it is not certain, if USSS was an official part of the Enclave armed forces. If USSS existed before the War, because of Divergence in Fallout world, it could be overseen by Department of Treasure.
 * Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) with unknown exact status, it reported to the Cabinet (Department of Water nad Power or Department of Energy not mentioned). In real world the same named independent agency existed in 1946-1974 period (see: Atomic Energy Commision).
 * National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) mentioned by Vice President Bird (he was an idiot talking about martian canals, however there had been some pre-war space program and the Enclave off-planet evacuation plans concerned with Bloomfield Space Center[[Image:Vanburen.jpg|20px]]); there was no significant means and resources to do anything serious connected with space affairs on the oil rig; in real world NASA is independent agency created in 1958,
 * Environmental Protection Agency branch in California (no human staff, no the Enclave presence) [[Image:Fob header.gif|60px]].

Notice: Enclave Patrols at Navarro perimeter had some border police attitude (see also: Enclave Control Company).

Legislative branch

 * According to U.S. Constitution the Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate (Article one, Section three, Clause four).
 * Vice President was present on the Enclave oil rig [[Image:Fallout2.gif|50px]].




 * 2215 August 1 - Congressman Richardson was rising to power within the Enclave, aided by pressure from his father, President Richardson.
 * 2220 March 5 - Congressman Richardson was elected president for the first term of five.

Judical branch


No information about this branch, except the fact, that court martial was performed by Armed Forces officers (part of executive branch).

Government after destruction of the Enclave oil rig
The destruction of the Enclave erased all trace of President Dick Richardson from history.

According to one of Fallout 2 endings eventually the survivors of the Enclave find a home in the ranks of NCR.

In that case it can be said, that there didn't survive any the USA President succesor like Vice President or any other member of the Congress or Cabinet.

According to J.E.Sawyer's Fallout PnP survived some broken remnants of the Enclave (following the Chosen One’s assassination of the Enclave’s U.S. President and the destruction of their Poseidon oil tanker headquarters off of the California coast).

The only known the Enclave officials, who could be present after the oil rig destruction, would be Camp Navarro senior staff or sgt. Granite (if left alive, their order of seniority could be as follows: Base Commander, Sgt. Granite (200 hp), Sgt. Dornan (150 hp), Quartermaster). In that case one of them would be United States Armed Forces acting commander and all the Enclave remnants - some kind of US Armed Forces continuation (as well as Brotherhood of Steel).

None of the holografic directors present at the Environmental Protection Agency facility was acting EPA Administrator.

According to Bethesda Blog Enclave with its President were present in year 2277 on the federal district area.