United States

The United States of America also known as the United States, U.S., or America, was a pre-War country. The location serves as the setting for the Fallout game series, depicted both before and after the Great War.

Space exploration
Intense research into space technologies and funding of the United States Space Agency, resulted in the pioneering flight of Defiance 7 on May 5, 1961, when Captain Carl Bell became the first known human in space. However, the claim was widely disputed by the Soviet Union and China. By the end of the decade, the United States had achieved victory in the space race, as the Virgo II lunar lander touched down on the surface of Earth's Moon on July 16, 1969. Valiant 11 mission members, Captain Richard Wade, Captain Mark Garris, and Captain Michael Hagen, became the first humans known to have walked on the surface of another celestial body. The space exploration program ended when the last known manned mission to the Moon occurred, and remaining crewed rockets, such as the Delta IX, were converted into military use.

Resource Wars
The United States was involved in the Resource Wars, a series of conflicts beginning in 2052, brought on by an unsustainable global economy that heavily relied on finite resources such as petroleum and uranium. Disagreement on the world's last remaining resources caused the dissolution of the United Nations in July 2052. Wartime censorship enabled the government to confiscate and destroy any material deemed seditious. Defense contractors and industrial complexes were put under military command.

Under Executive Order 99066, Chinese-American citizens were taken from their homes, placed in concentration camps without trial, transported by private security contractors. The Turtledove Detention Camp in Maryland was one such camp. Many ended up disappearing in the various research facilities across the United States.

Organized labor and unions pushed back against the government and corporations, struggling for wages, benefits, and safe working conditions. In Appalachia, Hornwright Industrial, Atomic Mining Services, and RobCo Industries, supported by Governor Evans, pushed for replacing human labor with robotics and leaving workers unemployed. The unrest culminated in automation riots.

Great War
With China still holding onto Alaska and the vital American oil fields there, the People's Liberation Army seemed unbeatable. At least until the United States began unleashing their secret weapon: Soldiers in power armor. Armed with the T-45, T-51, and T-60 variants, American troops began pushing back against the People's Liberation Army and retaking their territory. To try and help divide the PLA forces, American troops were deployed into Mainland China, forcing the Chinese to have to defend their motherland alongside their captured American territory. As a result, in the Battle of Anchorage, American forces were finally able to defeat the PLA and reclaim their land and the oil fields.

However, knowing that the Chinese would not give up so easily and would try again, the decision was made to send more troops to the front lines in China and overthrow the Chinese Communist Party once and for all. However, as the United States celebrated its Tricentennial in 2076, with the grand opening of Vault 76 in dedication to the celebration, no one was aware that everything that the United States and China suffered during the Resource Wars and Sino-American War was just the calm before the storm that would change the world forever.

In the early hours of October 23, 2077, as the United States was preparing for Halloween in only a few more days, U.S. Pacific Command had detected the presence of several unidentified submarines, possibly People's Liberation Navy, approaching the U.S. mainland. The Air Force had also detected several bombers, possibly People's Liberation Air Force, approaching the continent, and NORAD had detected the launch of at least four Intercontinental ballistic missiles from the Chinese mainland. The U.S. military immediately went to DEFCON 2, and when the launches were confirmed, that was the end of modern civilization for the world. DEFCON 1 was activated, and the U.S. President authorized countermeasure MX-CN91 to launch the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

At 9:42 AM EST, the first enemy nukes struck New York and Pennsylvania, and five minutes later, at 9:47 AM EST, the Great War began. For two hours, nukes struck all over the planet before total silence fell as those two hours would forever change the fate of anyone who had survived the apocalypse, whether they would emerge 25 years later, or not for 210 years, it would be to a Wasteland that had once been the United States of America.

Civics and geography
Both state and commonwealths were used to distinguish regions within the United States. In Appalachia, documents used the distinction "Territory of Appalachia" and "Appalachian Territory." The country utilized several varieties of national flag. The country shared borders with Mexico to the south, Canada to the north, and Russia across the Bering Strait from Alaska.

Government
The government consisted of several agencies. The Defense Intelligence Agency was one of the most technologically advanced.


 * Department of Agriculture
 * United States Space Administration
 * Department of Antiquities
 * Department of Defense

Political structure
The structure of the United States government included the Executive Branch. Governmental positions were determined by vote, such as senators who could run for re-election to the United States Senate. A governmental advisory board was known as the Joint Chiefs. Legislation invoked by the Census Bureau include a section of the "Patriotic Patriots of America True Patriotism Act."

Appearances
All games in the Fallout series are set within the United States.