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 overtones. They were staunchly championed by controversial U.S. Senator Sam Blackwell, even as they came into increasingly violent conflict with local law enforcement. Many people viewed the Free States as "tinfoil hats" obsessed with conspiracy theories about the government. The Free States declared they were seceding from the United States shortly before the Great War.

Members of the Free States survived the nuclear bombs and fallout in self-constructed concrete bunkers. By 2079, they had emerged from their bunkers and retaken the town of Harpers Ferry. 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.