Southwest Commonwealth Conservation Area

The Southwest Commonwealth was one of the thirteen commonwealths of the pre-War United States. Created in 1969, it was comprised of the former states of Southern California, Nevada and Hawaii.

New California
New California is a region defined by the New California Republic that is comprised of all of California as well as areas of northern Nevada, Southern Oregon and Baja California, Mexico.

Former Southern California
Also known as the Core Region, what was once southern California is a stark image of the effects of atomic warfare.

The city of San Diego was hit during the war, with its inhabitants eventually leading an exodus to the ruins of Los Angeles, also known as the Boneyard. The Boneyard is a vast stretch of ruined buildings, baking under the sun. In between is the Glow, the ruins of West Tek Research Base. The Hub, Junktown and Shady Sands are further up north.

Former Nevada
The former state of Nevada is described as an empty no man's land in 2161, at least when compared to the Southern California Wasteland. Few are able to traverse the rough terrain of the Sierra Nevada Mountains alone.

The region is, indeed, sparsely populated. New Reno is the most significant town of northern Nevada, with smaller settlements such as Vault City, Gecko and Broken Hills dotting the map.

Mojave Wasteland
The Mojave Wasteland is a wasteland comprised of southern Nevada and parts of California and Arizona. The Mojave Wasteland is having power struggles between the NCR invaders, Caesar's Legion tribals and Mr. House. Hoover Dam and the New Vegas Strip are the main interests and concerns. Drug running, gang life and rampaging tribals are not rare in the area, as well as runaway creatures and hostile wildlife.

Known locations

 * New California, formerly Southern California (Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Anaheim (mentioned in Fallout 2)
 * Anza-Borrego (mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Barstow (Fallout Official Survival Guide)
 * Big MT (Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Boneyard (Fallout)
 * Cathedral (Fallout)
 * Hollywood (mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Los Angeles Vault (Fallout)
 * Vault-Tec headquarters (Mentioned by Chris Taylor)
 * Dayglow (mentioned in Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Death Valley (mentioned in Fallout Manual)
 * The Divide (Lonesome Road)
 * The Hub (Fallout)
 * Irvine (mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Junktown (Fallout)
 * Lake Isabella (Mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Monterey (mentioned in Fallout 4)
 * Necropolis (Fallout)
 * Vault 12 (Fallout)
 * Oak Creek (mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas)
 * One Pine (mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Owens Lake (mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Owens River (mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Scrapheap (Fallout Demo)
 * San Onofre (mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Shady Sands (Fallout, Fallout 2)
 * Stockton (mentioned in Fallout 2)
 * Vault 13 (Fallout, Fallout 2)
 * West Tek Research Facility (Fallout)


 * Former Nevada (Fallout, Fallout 2, mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Area 51 (mentioned in Fallout)
 * Broken Hills (Fallout 2)
 * Caliente (mentioned in Honest Hearts)
 * Gecko (Fallout 2)
 * Hawthorne Army Depot (mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas)
 * New Reno (Fallout 2)
 * Vault 15 (Fallout, Fallout 2)
 * Vault City/Vault 8 (Fallout 2)
 * Yucca Mountain (mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas)


 * Mojave Wasteland (Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Area 2 (Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Boulder City (Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Camp Searchlight (Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Cottonwood Cove (Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Freeside (Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Goodsprings (Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Henderson (Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Hoover Dam (Fallout: New Vegas, Van Buren)
 * Jacobstown (Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Nellis Air Force Base (Fallout: New Vegas)
 * New Vegas (mentioned in Fallout, Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Vault 3 (Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Vault 21 (Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Nipton (Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Novac (Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Primm (Fallout: New Vegas)
 * Red Rock Canyon (Fallout: New Vegas)


 * Former Hawaii (mentioned in Far Harbor)
 * Honolulu (mentioned in Fallout Tactics)
 * Pearl Harbor (mentioned in Fallout Tactics)

Appearances
The Southwest Commonwealth appears in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas (and is mentioned in all of its add-ons) and the Fallout Bible. It was to appear in Van Buren and Jason Mical's Fallout Pen and Paper d20. The Mojave Desert is also mentioned in Fallout 4, and the pre-War iteration of the Fabulous New Vegas sign appears in the Atomic Command Pip-Boy game.