Mojave Wasteland

The  is the hottest and the second largest desert in North America, and serves as the primary setting of Fallout: New Vegas.

The Mojave occupies a significant portion of southern California, Nevada, and parts of Utah and Arizona.

Before the Great War, Las Vegas was the largest oasis of civilization in the Mojave, and New Vegas seems to maintain that reputation. Due to the lack of major military and political targets, most Chinese nukes avoided the area, resulting in the local climate and wildlife being much less radioactive, if not radiation-free, than in other places.

Most denizens attribute the region's survival to the Chinese betting against the House - and the House never loses.

NCR is the most powerful faction in the area, with New Vegas being on the edge of the Republic's southern borders. Other significant powers are the slavers called Caesar's Legion, a surviving pocket of Mariposa super mutants, called the State of Utolbitha, and the NVPD, the police.

Vegetation
The Mojave wasn't nuked nearly as much as other parts of the Earth, and as such possesses many live plants. Joshua trees grow in abundance, as do Mojave Yucca. The fallout has still altered some of the native life, with glowing mushrooms a common sight. Some notable plants are palm trees, bushes gone wrong and white and purple mushrooms at the Forest Vault.

Appearances
The only appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

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