European Commonwealth

The European Commonwealth is the equivalent of the real world European Union, which has integrated into a single state-like entity throughout Europe.

Background
In 2052, Europe was heavily dependent on oil imports from the petroleum-rich states of the Middle East and responded with military action to rapidly rising oil prices that were damaging its economy, starting the terrible global conflicts that later historians simply lumped together as the Resource Wars.

When the European Commonwealth-Middle East War came to an end in 2060, the Commonwealth began to dissolve as many countries withdrew from the state. A long civil war followed.

Appearances
The European Commonwealth is mentioned only in the Fallout intro, the Fallout Bible, and a Capitol Post article in Fallout 3.