Free States

The Appalachian Free States, or simply the Free States, are an extinct faction which had operated in Appalachia sometime before 2102.

Background
In the years before the Great War, the Appalachian Free States movement formed in West Virginia as a group of local survivalists with separatist, isolationist, overtones. They were staunchly championed by controversial U.S. Senator Sam Blackwell, even as they came into increasingly violent conflict with local law enforcement.

Members of the Free States survived the Great War in self-constructed concrete bunkers. The Free States established tentative ties over the following years with other emerging factions, such as the Responders and the Brotherhood of Steel, but were careful to maintain their isolation. By 2102, however, they had been wiped out alongside the other factions in Appalachia by the Scorched.

Appearances
The Free States appear in Fallout 76.