Fallout: A post nuclear political role playing game
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[QUOTE=MyBumBum;48154041]kay here's some backstory for the Artic Workers Federation
After the Great Wars, the USA split into small pieces and its grip over Alaskan oil production weakened. Eventually, oil refinery workers created a union based on the ideals of men nearly half a millenia ago - Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin and constructed their own Communist nation, which is reliant on Oil exports.[/QUOTE]
I can't help but think of the UMWA (United Mine Workers of America) from 1632
[editline]9th July 2015[/editline]
Considering to start doing some Polanball for this RP
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[QUOTE=EuSKalduna;48155194]I can't help but think of the UMWA (United Mine Workers of America) from 1632
[editline]9th July 2015[/editline]
Considering to start doing some Polanball for this RP
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do it
To quickly summarise turn 6
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Damian for Canadian Slavs
MyBumBum for Arctic Communists
Meme it up for NCR
which is best? i'm slightly iffy about bumbums arctic commies since its canon that the world already ran out of oil hundreds of years ago
NCR. People so far north won't have a massive impact.
IM backing Damian for Canadian Slavs, we don't have enough people in Canada
Meme it up for NCR (rate agree)
Damian for Canadian Slavs (rate disagree)
Alaskan oil commies (rate tool)
Turn sent, hopefully I don't run NCR into the ground.
Rough map of 1960 state borders overlaid on top of the current political situation.
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[QUOTE=Sobotnik;48177934]Rough map of 1960 state borders overlaid on top of the current political situation.
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This would've wonderfully useful at the beginning of the RP :V
Still neat though
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;48177934]Rough map of 1960 state borders overlaid on top of the current political situation.
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Thanks for excluding Canada :(
[QUOTE=LoganIsAwesome;48178329]Thanks for excluding Canada :([/QUOTE]
Canada sucks, half of them speak French (and the other half let them).
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;48178411]Canada sucks, half of them speak French (and the other half let them).[/QUOTE]
Believe what you want but Canada will rue the day
[QUOTE=LoganIsAwesome;48179246]Believe what you want but Canada will rue the day[/QUOTE]
Indeed it will
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;48178411]Canada sucks, half of them speak French (and the other half let them).[/QUOTE]
I think we all need to stop fighting each other on the mainland and pour all of our resources into building up an nuclear arsenal to put down Canada once and for all along with france to ensure mankind's future survival.
[QUOTE=Deathgrunt;48182963]I think we all need to stop fighting each other on the mainland and pour all of our resources into building up an nuclear arsenal to put down Canada once and for all along with france to ensure mankind's future survival.[/QUOTE]
Lets just nuke wasteland again, Im sure nothing bad could happen
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[quote]We can afford all we need, we cannot afford all we want. – President John Eden[/quote]
[b]North American Population: 11,532,000[/b]
[b]Events of the years 2280 – 2285:[/b]
-In a small and unassuming shack in Newfoundland, a small machine flickers into life after centuries of disuse. It is a Morse code machine, receiving a message from the other side of the world. The squatter residing there was scared by the device (he played around with it and sent messages by accident), and when he got the full message it took him a few hours to transcribe it. It said the following: [quote]Help me if you can, I'm feeling down…And I do appreciate you being 'round... Won't you please, please help me?[/quote]
The telegraph operator, formerly a squatter, dutifully replied.
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[b]The Red State – Deathgrunt
Capital: Beren’s Star
Economy: Developing transition
Population: 287,200[/b]
-The Red Army has benefitted immensely from the slow and piecemeal recovery of industrial technology and machinery over the past few decades. The gun mills that were established in the 2270s have grown into a hodgepodge of workshops and forges clustered around barracks and supply depos. By the 2280s however, the Red Army was starting to rely on these manufacturing facilities for a significant part of its budget and thus began to demand the Prime Council protect their comfortable position as the main supplier of firearms and weaponry in the southeast. In return for the Prime Council limiting imports of competing manufacturers, the Red Army has agreed to standardize their facilities and follow the demands of the newly established “Commissary of Industry”. Unlike other countries in the post-war wasteland, the Red State has a relatively centralised economy focused on developing heavy industry. The first demand of the Commissary was to introduce standardized uniforms, rifles, and helmets for the army (although the army was allowed to manufacture and sell surplus on the market), as it became apparent that their soldiers did not look very snazzy. With red stars embroidered on their uniforms and fine looking bolt-action rifles (which are prized by private mercenaries for their reliability), this is an army looking ever more like those of the old world. Finding cloth to make the uniforms is a constant problem however, as the production of cotton, flax, and leather is rather small in scale and grown on private plots.
-The Commissary of Industry has a difficult job ahead of it to say the least. This is a nation of nearly three hundred thousand, the vast majority of them being farmers or part-time craftsmen. Industrial development is limited at best, with virtually all machinery concentrated in the gun mills or the towns. Although moves to improve health and agricultural production have yielded impressive results since the 50s, the farmers still grow crops and raise livestock in much the same way they did a century before. The Commissary managed to introduce several educational classes at this time (consisting of a man wandering around the country with a soapbox to extol both the virtues of socialism and of growing sweet potatoes), focusing largely on trying to get bums into the fields or factories. Like the program to introduce production quotas, this is largely unsuccessful. The few factories in the Red State which exist have virtually no generators to produce either mechanical or electrical power, and instead rely on water, wind, and muscle. Caravans struggle to carry the heavy loads of scrap metal or timber needed for industry, while many factory workers constantly leave to tend to their fields or seek employment elsewhere. Hunger is still a great menace, for whenever a famine breaks out and the workers leave, it takes months for the factories to start working again and causing people nearby to complain about the noise.
-The Commissary also starts to regulate trade. Most merchants are greedy and self-interested individuals who care only for profit, and hence tend to bring high value and lightweight goods in high demand. Jet, moonshine, psycho, and krokodil are the sorts of things they like to sell to the chem-addled peoples here. A new organisation is introduced to help regulate trade, known as the “Trading Union”. All merchants who join are allowed to carry on trade as before, but are only allowed to sell and buy things approved by the state (those who don’t join are refused entry at the wall). Since the quotas at present privilege industrial development, these merchants are generally sold manufactured goods (they are extremely interested in the artificial rubber, after they reported of high demand for it). Import quotas at present largely demand industrial equipment (such as machinery), and promise extremely high rewards for merchants who join the Union. Most of the major ones choose to do so, and set to work eagerly plundering the lands north. A small number are forced underground into smuggling drugs, and due to the fact that border guards like taking bribes, this does little to curb the outflow of caps and influx of chems. To solve this, the KGB introduces a nationwide policing force intended to crack down on illegal activity and ensure the citizenry are safe. As numerous criminal gangs make a lot of money from the chem trade, this will be a difficult task to say the least. Immigration to the state was heavily restricted in order to catch out smugglers, citing “overpopulation concerns”. Only the skilled and traders are allowed to enter now, although some of these traders are carrying sacks of tobacco leaves and peanuts, both of which are finding interested customers in Florida.
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[b]The Commonwealth of New England – Native Hunter
Capital: New Portland
Economy: Least developed agrarian
Population: 93,600
Power consumption: 0.10 [/b]
-Being a military man, King Roy is a rare example of somebody in charge of something without suffering from Dunning-Kruger syndrome. He immediately disbanded most of the old military units and reorganised the army (cunningly making sure to dilute the influence of the old redneck vault dwellers). After kicking out many soldiers, he introduces a regulation which mandates the minimum of five weeks training in order to join the army. Much of it focuses on the military virtues of American honor, British honour, discipline, courage, integrity, and brotherhood. Of course with sea travel returning, Roy thought it necessary to create the world first post-apocalyptic navy (to his knowledge anyways). Known as the “Royal Navy”, it consists of several yachts and steamships that have been scavenged and repaired back to working order. These vessels chug merrily up and down the coasts of America, burning wood for fuel or using sails. Of course since nobody else has any boats, they possess few soldiers (who for some reason are called marines when onboard). The navy itself at this stage is little more than a branch of the army, and largely kept around for ferrying supplies and men. On land the reorganised army patrols the roads and towns of the Northeast, finding ruffians and highwaymen wherever they lay and dealing out New England justice. A message was later sent to the people of Boston (where the institute and brotherhood of steel hold much sway), demanding they join the kingdom or face probable annexation. The reply states that they studied probability theory and think otherwise.
-One of the problems that meet Roy and his army is the fact that his office- counts have their own small armies. These profess loyalty mainly to these specific counts and as a result the counts like to go on military expeditions without consulting Roy. As they slowly consolidate their powerbases, they largely only begin to follow his edicts or demands based on personal loyalty or friendship ties. Some of them are alienated by his strange decision to convert to a pre-war religion in the year 2281. A Connecticut Yankee in King Roys court (Bartholomew, nicknamed Barth) convinced Roy to convert to a strange cult where they pretended to drink blood and eat human flesh. But the news that many of these “Catholics” that lived in New York would join his kingdom was seen as a convincing enough argument. Over several years a few thousand of these Catholics made the journey to the commonwealth, where they made enough of an impact that the counts and most normal people were unsettled by their arrival. As the connection with the old world is lost, these new Catholics have taken on many strange new beliefs due to the effects of time. With poor historical knowledge as well, many people are becoming quickly unaware that what is becoming a Catholic Feudal Kingdom was once the heart of an uptight protestant republic.
-The economic system in many ways has undergone a gradual move towards resembling a medieval one as well, although this is true of most post-nuclear American societies. Despite incipient industrialization in the NCR, it is predominantly still based on agriculture. The Commonwealth is no different, consisting of scattered towns that depend on farming and livestock rearing. This is a society of contradictions. Nuclear reactors sit underground powering electric lights and robots in New Portland (the original one from the redneck vault was moved), while outside there are peasants who till the soil with hoes made from metal hammered out of old fence railings and lawnmower parts. Industry is virtually non-existent and relies on the existing technology being restored to working order. King Roy has made many noble attempts to mitigate this by allowing the formation of “guilds”. These are organisations dedicated to a textbook definition of rent-seeking, restricting the number of people who can enter a trade (such as carpentry or baking) in a town while promoting high standards for people involved in the business. While they run into problems from townspeople who claim they fix prices, they do help to preserve and improve on old technical skills and technologies that are kept supported in the towns. A naval version known as “The Academy” is set up by Roy to cover both merchants using boats and his tiny navy. Trade is not without its disadvantages, as many merchants are reporting being harassed by “Green Militias” to the north.
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[b]New California Republic – Meme It Up
Capital: Shady Sands
Economy: Developing transition
Population: 1,178,000
Power consumption: 1.28 Twh[/b]
-Wendell Peterson left a mostly clean legacy after his time in office. From the death of Tandi to Hoover dam, his rule oversaw the beginnings of an economic and social revolution that has begun not only changing the NCR, but the wider post-apocalyptic world as well. The new president Meemi-Tup is from Shady Sands, basing much of his election campaign on his previous track record in the city for helping to reorganise the army and fight corruption (mainly through the reform passed decades ago, that has greatly expanded the civil service). He also served in the army, and decided to pass a number of nationalist reforms in the wake of the victory at Hoover Dam. Despite the growth of other civil institutions, the presidency retains a great deal of power that civil servants have yet to curb, meaning that populism can quickly overwhelm even the thickest stacks of paperwork. Conscription is introduced throughout the entire nation; targeting males aged 18-24 to serve for four years. Conscription only goes over poorly in the frontier regions which still struggle to maintain their autonomy, since the successful Mojave campaign has resulted in an upsurge of nationalist feeling among Californians.
-This move towards the idea of a nation has already been gestating in various papers and books for some time now, but by 2283 it seems as though the idea has gained considerable popular support. The patchwork of states, cities, and autonomous areas are being slowly reorganized into states and territories (much like the old United States). Since a population of 350,000 is required for statehood now, this leaves the founding states (Shady Sands, Dayglow, Los Angeles, The Hub, Maxson) with unprecedented power, as they hold the vast majority of citizens in California. Together they begin to redraw province borders and redistribute territories amongst themselves. The remaining provinces are organised into the northern, eastern, and southern territories respectively, much to the chagrin of the peoples who lost out considerably in this move. Protests are launched by many towns while petitions are signed, but these fail to make any headway in the ineffective senate. Tribes that refuse these reforms are often forced to settle down, or are cleared away, especially so in new territories. With support from the Brahmin barons, Hub merchants, and the nationalists, Meemi-Tup begins to introduce a whole range of social and economic reforms intended to revolutionize California.
-The first of these reforms is the homesteading act, which gives 160 acres of land for free to anybody willing to settle it. Since many Californians are losing much of their land to brahmin barons, they jump at the opportunity and swarm in all directions. To ensure these claims are protected, the army follows closely behind to enforce Californian claims. Nearly 18,000 men are sent into Nevada to uproot communities from their old homes (typically a gas station or drive in theatre) while thousands more farmers follow behind to stake out their own plot of land. Since the plot is likely to contain scrap, most of them actually find it’s much more profitable to lay ownership to the scrap and sell it off for a lot of money before heading back home. Relatively few choose to stay in either Nevada or the Baja, for the good land is way up north in what was once Oregon and Washington. The lands here are host to a massive range of recovering wildlife, including the humans living there. Nearly 14,000 men were sent to help stake out the claims and to either “convince” the tribes to join the NCR or face removal. A railway was built from Shady Sands to Arroyo in 2285, meaning that a difficult journey through mutants and chem addled cannibals which took weeks is now possible in just a few days. Many companies are now jumping on the railway craze, and many politicians are clamouring for a rail connection (in the hopes of making their town more relevant). The advent of a copyright office has been of great assistance to these companies, which are working to build up their brands. As many factories and workshops churn out all kinds of crap in such an unregulated market, the need to convince people that what you are selling won’t kill the person (unless its marketed to do that).
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[b]Transatlantic Alliance – Jcorp
Capital: Raleigh
Economy: Developing agrarian
Population: 422,400[/b]
-As it turns out, there is yet another bunch of states to their north. The Enclave is reportedly what remains of the former US government, and is populated by creeps and weirdoes that want to kill a lot of people and win a war against a place called China. Its involvement in numerous wars to the north had devastated parts of the Capital Wasteland, and there were fears among people in the alliance that the Enclave might come down and try doing really nasty things like stamping on babies and forcing people to eat broccoli. The rather new Transatlantic army is nowhere near strong enough to fight the Enclave, but they can at least make it aware that they won’t let them walk in without a fight. After getting permission from most of the towns in Carolina and the support of most militias, the army begins work on a series of watchtowers and outposts along the border with the Reich and to the north. These are manned by volunteers, and are usually made from scrap and wood crudely fixed together into something resembling a tower. These are meant to deter the Enclave (a faction which possesses flying helicopters with machine guns and rockets) from attacking the alliance. Since power armour is quite strong, most of the watchtowers have to keep a powerful rifle spare (some manage to get a few pre-war anti-tank rifles), the ammunition for which is very rare and valuable. The traders who stream past these outposts are often the only source of the desired munitions, a fact well exploited by the merchants who charge extortionate prices for these bullets.
-Although the original purpose for these towers is under scrutiny (the Enclave doesn’t seem to be heading south at all), they have many more additional benefits. As the borders are brought under control and the movements of tribes and gangs is checked, the Alliance as a whole is becoming much safer. At the same time the army began a brutal campaign to flush the rest of the slavers, raiders, drug pushers, and other shitters from the countryside where they hide. Abandoned factories, bunkers, vaults, and even frontier towns are the targets of the army in the quest to make the wasteland a safer place. During their adventures, one company discovered a Robco factory filled with protectrons that killed a few of the soldiers trying to get in. After they ran away and took a breather, they returned and destroyed all of the robots (including the ones who weren’t hostile) inside and then stripped the facility bare for working technology and spare pieces. Most of the electronic equipment was fairly sophisticated and was useful in helping to repair radios, but some were also found useful for farming. With farmers needing all sorts of equipment, any workshops have a profitable niche in taking bits of cars and robots to convert into ploughs and shovels (among stoves, lighters, and knives). Industry is otherwise stagnant as many merchants want to buy up all of the machinery they can find and ship it down south.
-The arrival of the humble peanut did much to transform agriculture in the alliance. As a simple crop that confers restorative properties to the soil, possesses great nutritional value, and an ability to grow in the poor soils of Carolina, it is of considerable importance. Teams being to work on clearing the land of debris and fallen trees, wind up old telephone lines, and break up the soil with the aid of ploughs and the occasional robot. After a few years of careful treatment, peanuts can make any field good enough to grow even tobacco, meaning that many farmers are now starting to introduce crop rotation on a large scale. Peanuts become incredibly common, and after natural selection weeds out those with peanut allergies there is nobody who doesn’t love them. Peanut festivals are held in towns and villages, where farmers sell sackloads of the stuff and buy tools, lighters, and those fancy new guns from Florida and West Carolina. As the money economy spreads and begins to penetrate deeper into the country, many farmers have started growing cash crops (like tobacco, heavily in demand by the patrons of Bugsys). Most people flock to the successful farm plantations to seek work, contributing to the rapid expansion of commercial farming. Industries without ties to agriculture suffer from the lack of workers (especially as rural wages sharply rise and the prices of manufactured goods fall, squeezing urban workers). As it turns out, people are more interested in buying manufactured goods from outside the country (such as from the Enclave up north), due to their relatively high quality and low prices. Bugsy himself even got into the farming boom by setting up a peanut-themed casino (it’s what the kids are into) and encouraging tobacco use instead of chems (jet just ain’t jazzy). Unfortunately a supermutant with a peanut allergy ended up taking a turn for the worse and consequently grew into an even more grotesque creature nicknamed “The Elephant Man”.
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[b]Great Khans – EuSKalduna
Capital: Chihuahua
Economy: Least developed agrarian
Population: 73,200[/b]
-Although Temujin grows old, he still commands as much fear and respect as he did when he was younger and fiercer. After the victory over the legion at Hoover Dam, he continued to order his forces to constantly harass the legion. Outposts were set up, and tribes were encouraged to join the Khans in order to enact revenge against the Legion. With his reputation and power growing, Temujin was successfully able to steadily whittle away at the southern borders of the Legion and force them to pull back north or halt their advance. Unfortunately for the Khans, this tactic became steadily less effective as they started to penetrate core Legion territories. Caesar left a bloody legacy that will be difficult to remove, for many of the more loyal people in the legion are younger and possess such fervour they counter-raid the Khans and constantly feed out false information. Towns and villages also prove reluctant to rebel, whenever out of loyalty or fear of reprisal by the legion, and some are eager to even attack the Khans and drive them away in the hopes of gaining favour among Lanius. Lanius however sees the Khans as cowardly “raiders” who do not want to fight and aims instead for the grand prize that will continue Caesars work. He has heard from his spies that a great city lies to the east, but is filled with degenerates and must be cleared. In 2284 Lanius began the bloody campaign east and put in patrols along the southern borders of the Empire to deter the Khans, who work tirelessly to set ambushes for the raiding Khans.
-Just as Lanius works to consolidate his legacy, so too must Temujin work to make his reverberate throughout the centuries. Temujin immediately began by introducing a holiday on the anniversary of the victory of Hoover Dam, to be celebrated every year by his loyal subjects. He also gave patronage to the Followers of the Apocalypse stationed in Chihuahua by giving them the resources to repair a radio station and bring it up to working order (the most popular song is Jarabe Tapatio), restoring a major library in the city, and starting work on the restoration of the Norte III power plant (a pre-war natural gas plant). One of the major shortcomings of course is the lack of fuel for the plant, but if the solar panels are brought up to working order they can produce artificial natural gas, something that can be stored and then used when needed (in addition to having other uses). In order to build up the base for this plant Temujin began encouraging the tribes in Chihuahua to move to the capital and set up workshops. In return for moving there, he would help get them mechanical parts and encourage the spread of technical skills. Since many of the tribes were now warm to the idea of moving, many of them began a practice where they would send their young people to the city to learn skills and work while sending back remittances. They produce (among rakes and wheelbarrows) the guns and bullets needed by the Khans to defend their home and spread the ideals of their nation. Several times a year they would leave to work with their families, so while in the spring Temujin can enjoy a bustling city full of life, at harvest time it becomes a near ghost town. The only oddity was the arrival of some Texans asking for assistance against the Legion.
-Despite these shortcomings, a small technological and economic base has been firmly established here by none other but the Great Khans. They copied the bottle cap currency, and as a centre for economic activity comes into being, traders now find it worth their while to travel here from all over Mexico and California. Trade routes between Chihuahua and California are troubled at times, and lack the so-called “iron horses” that now roar in the lands to the north, but they are now passable and profitable. The Khan-operated “courier” service provides a thin line of communications between the two nations, growing ever stronger as roads are cleared of debris and the faint buzz of radio static is replaced with the sounds of friendly voices that tell the listener they are no longer alone, that there are “Greener pastures” in Chihuahua. There are several abortive attempts to repair motorcycles and cars, but beyond a few successes most of these vehicles either lack the required parts or more importantly the fuel. Scouting teams and cunning emissaries continue to scour the lands for scrap, salvaged technology, and tribes that they can convince to trade or even to join the Khans. After just a few decades, a new civilization is rising in the midst of the ruins of the past one in Mexico. From the ancient Olmecs to Maya, the Mexicans have refused to let civilization pass them by for long. It is being reborn, stronger than before and shining a light that illuminates a tiny corner of a vast world shrouded in darkness.
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[b]United States of America (Enclave) – testmen
Capital: Raven Rock
Economy: Developing industrial
Population: 383,000
Power consumption: 0.30 Twh [/b]
-Rather unusually, the change in attitude in the Enclave leadership has led increasingly towards them thinking of the people of the wasteland not as mutants to be exterminated, but as people to be subjugated and ruled over. While this is still not good news for people, it’s a big step up from viewing humans as rodents. Their war with the Brotherhood and the subsequent destruction of much of their rival’s power has led to them becoming in effect the sole legitimate authority of the Capital wasteland and much of Pennsylvania. Although the territories that the Enclave are active in have always held several hundred thousand people, until recently they never bothered to exert power and begin ruling over them. But with the loss of secrecy and the rapid growth of Puppitun, they now find themselves in the awkward position of now being responsible for ten times as many people as before (that is, they are expected to protect their sorry asses from raiders, super mutants, and other degenerates). The final step was brought about by the re-occupation of many former US and Enclave military bases and their expansion of activities, leading to many towns and settlements accepting the over-lordship of their Enclave masters.
-Expansion has presented new problems. Despite controlling a sovereign state, the Enclave has had to run something much smaller for nearly two centuries – something that takes a little adjustment. Through their proxy of Puppitun (although quickly becoming a shoddy facade as many Enclave citizens and wastelanders increasingly mingle), they use their industrial capacity and technical skills to build medical clinics and schools (with some of the pre-war propaganda removed after it became clear that China no longer represented a problem). As Puppitun grows into a major city, it becomes a place where one can go to find out or obtain anything their heart desires (from meth to shovels). Crop rotation spreads amongst the farmers of rural Pennslyvania, where they plant everything from potatoes to wheat. As the world recovers, the activities of humans have done much to speed up the process. Project purity now provides massive quantities of clean water to wastelanders, rapidly eliminating many of the cancers and diseases that once caused so much pain. Cholera outbreaks are brought to an end, and the spread of Enclave-trained doctors do much to alleviate infant mortality. The rediscovery of rechargeable batteries was of advantage to these doctors, as they could easily use simple generators to recharge the batteries, which in turn could be used to power complex Enclave equipment.
-The economic boom underway in the Enclave is only matched by the New California Republic on the far west coast, and in the east they are unmatched. One of the few interesting shortcomings is in tobacco, for the Transatlantic Alliance to the south has extremely productive farmland. The people there are interested in buying industrial equipment and weaponry (for they suffer an extreme lack of both), while selling sacks of fresh tobacco and peanuts in return. Both these crops are highly craved in the Enclave, and many peoples budgets go towards purchasing both. The Transatlantic Alliance is extremely interested in the industrial products of the Enclave, although it is also known that a state of potential communists even further south is reportedly attempting to undergo an industrial revolution of their own. Despite the completion, the Enclave has seen great success in introducing and spreading usage of the US dollar among their subjects and merchants. The dollar becomes an accepted medium of exchange, although adoption among the peanut and tobacco sellers of the Alliance is piecemeal at best. Until an economic boom there takes off, it seems unlikely that they will use dollars in any significant capacity. Another problem upsetting the Enclave has been the inability to produce more nuka-cola, for the pre-war factories seems to have finally run out of the syrup – the ingredients of which are available only in California. Despite the news that a vaults nuclear reactor was brought back online, that vehicles are being repaired, plant life is recovering, and that the east coast has been brought back to life – the president despairs over the fact he can’t get his favourite drink.
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[b]Fourth Reich – iAmaNewb
Capital: Charlotte
Economy: Developing transition
Population: 316,800
Power consumption: 0.40 Twh [/b]
-The Reich kicked off the 80s with a burst of imperialism (again), by marching southeast and annexing the coast of the old Carolinas. The fact that they are seen as imperial conquerors rather than mere raiders or barbarians by most of their new subjects is certainly a subtle reminder of the change in status of the Reich. It is a powerful nation, boasting an army well-equipped not with scrap metal guns and pointed sticks, but with “Kalash” rifles that in capable hands prove deadly. With their overwhelming numbers, superior tactics, advanced logistics, and a strong authoritarian man to guide them, the soldiers of the Reich (nicknamed Carolinians) end up dominating much of this corner of the world. Following closely behind are settlers (often forcibly moved), who ride over in their bicycles and kick out the native inhabitants from the best land (or force them to work clearing enough land for farms). The new farmers are slightly different compared to their ancestors though. Unlike the last generation many are starting to plant cash crops, such as cotton and tobacco rather than maize and potatoes. Fertility and the lack of manpower constantly hamper efforts to expand agriculture (especially as many workers have joined the army or moved to Charlotte for work), while imports from the Transatlantic Alliance makes going to all of the bother of growing crops a bit pointless. The only crop that really has any success is cotton, which is desperately needed for the imitation Hugo Boss uniforms. The Fuhrer himself said it was of great importance that these uniforms are made for his female staff, especially the really tight-fitting uniforms.
-The burst of militaristic expansion is accompanied by equal proportions of nationbuilding and economic development. Schools have existed in a patchwork form (often subject to the prejudices and biased views of the local inhabitants) throughout the wasteland, educating children with the kind of skills that looks good on your CV if you lived in a country run by Nazis in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the Reich consolidating itself, a number of ad-hoc institutions that grew outwards from the post of Fuhrer have started gaining enough power and resources that they can actually commit to projects and deliver results (if at great expense and considerably delayed). A school board was established to oversee the coordination of all the schools in the Carolina Reich by giving them all the same standard of education. This began with the innocuous distribution of textbooks on science, mathematics, and history. Considering the background of vault 88, these textbooks detail a general collapse in European society centuries ago that led to a civil war in which the Germans triumphed thanks to the power of friendship and National Socialism. A philosophy book titled Phänomenologie des Geistes is also recovered and made mandatory reading to children as a form of cruel punishment.
-While education slowly came under the authority of the national administration, another branch of the government busied itself with a more pressing task of producing and allocating resources. The biggest problem is both the lack of energy and the lack of means to distribute it. The nuclear reactors at present can power Charlotte (something that has led to the city growing into a booming metropolis with many thousands of citizens) and a few outlying areas, but the lack of energy has put restrains on the Reich. Scouting teams in the newly annexed areas reported two dams that could be fixed and brought back into operation (Hartwell and Thurmond dams), with a total annual power output of 1.1 Twh. Supply shortages, the lack of technical skills, and the threat of rebellion delayed repairs for a long time indeed. By 2285 the Hartwell dam was finally operational, but as the lake behind it had drained over the centuries it will take years for a return to full capacity. For now it provides enough power to alleviate the blackouts in Charlotte. These blackouts are caused by the fact that people keep leaving the fucking lights on all the time, and the Mr Handy robots which have been repaired and brought back to operational use are a constant drain on energy supplies. The lack of rubber causes a lot of pain for the bicycle manufacturers, especially since artificial rubber from Florida is rare and usually sold at inflated prices. Much like in California, industrial society is returning.
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[b]The Nu Texan Confederacy – Ruski v2.0
Capital: Fort Worth
Economy: Developing agrarian
Population: 147,100
Power consumption: 0.20 Twh [/b]
-The most important thing in Texas at the moment is a small and unassuming broken robot sitting in the corner of an office where the assistant manager of a gas supplies and accessories warehouse uses it as an elaborate coatrack. However a travelling scientist who was making his way to California from “Massachusetts” stopped by and discovered that the robot could be easily repaired by flicking the on switch and kicking the robot. He was upset with the crude legs and decided to install hover-plates onto it, impressing General Baxter after he was given it to ride around like a kind of hovering motorcycle. On his noble steed (named Simba), Baxter led several campaigns into the wastes outside the Confederacy to finally drive away the last of the hostile tribes and finally asserting his undisputed authority on what was once the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolis. The remains of this engorged urban sprawl has around 150,000 residents scattered amongst the ruins, scraping a living from salvaging scrap, farming, and hunting. Trade is piecemeal but slowly growing due to the creation of a relatively safe zone in which to do business. Despite the antagonism of Caesars Legion, the existence of a massive area covered by states means that merchants find it relatively safe (even worthwhile) to travel from California to Texas to do business. Numerous currencies ranging from caps, to denarii and NCR dollars are all in use here. Many are interested in buying the radiation-free crops and water sold in Texas, or in buying scrap and salvage (or rarely manufactured goods). The Legion may abhor technology, but many people under its rule are keen to buy whatever can be smuggled in.
-The existence of the Legion is worrying to the Texans, as many tribes beaten by the Baxter and his army have joined the Legion in the hopes of getting revenge. The Texans worst fears were realised when in 2284 Lanius captured and slaughtered several scouting groups and caravans from the Confederacy and declared a campaign into the east. The growing Texan army has some technology and skills, but they do not have the numbers or disciplined forces of the Legion yet. Some of the semi-tribal people who occupy high positions in the army or vault society were aware of a great tribe that a few years ago reportedly destroyed the Legion. Following their advice, Baxter sent emissaries to Chihuahua to parlay with “Temujin”, who is said to be a great warlord that can be used against Lanius. In the meantime, rushed preparations are being made as the Legion slowly makes its way eastwards. Schools have been set up throughout the Fort Worth area to give people who join the army (or live in the capital) necessary skills to fight or work to the best of their abilities. In addition there has been considerable interest in bringing back many old factories and workshops to working order (mostly so that they can churn out the guns and bullets needed for the army). Energy shortages prompt scouting teams to search for any pre-war facilities that could be brought back online to power the factories being repaired. One officer named Tezha reported that a solar plant they discovered could be brought back online. After the necessary work was carried out, it began to begin operating once more. Its proximity to the roads leading to the Legion prompts Tezha to request supplies and men to reinforce his position.
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[b]The Green Republic – LoganIsAwesome
Capital: Greentown
Economy: Least developed agrarian
Population: 15,760 [/b]
-The Green Republic, being a primarily Francophone nation almost entirely populated by French speakers (and a few bilingual ones too) has begun to see some success in uniting together the scattered peoples of Quebec. The militias of the Republic have developed a reputation of shooting raiding gangs or defending settlements, and by extension the ability to defend settlements from external threats (like mutants and the English). Entering the 80s, many towns are now petitioning the Republic for aid, and are even asking to join in order to secure protection from being conquered by either the Republic or gangs of cannibal rapists. Much of old Quebec begins to slowly come together under the banner of the Green Republic, mostly united by a common tongue, mutual defence, and a common area for trade. With the return of peace and the roads becoming much safer, the presence of merchants has become increasingly common. They mostly move scrap, purified water, food, and other trinkets around, looking to peddle it wherever they can find people willing to part with their own junk. The paper money experiment was abandoned, partly because nobody used it, but mainly because the growth of the Republic has brought many people into contact with more prosperous areas to the south that use bottle caps instead as a kind of currency. As the militias and peddlers trickle out of Quebec City, they have heard of towns in the ruins of a city called “Ottowa” to the west.
-The militia has also managed to gain considerable respect for its integrity and adherence to a set of “military laws” which regulate proper behaviour when fighting. While most gangs they come across have a very different view of honour in warfare (mostly permitting rape of captured victims), the Green Republic has found that an apparent adherence to Kantian principles has a hidden consequentialist argument behind it. Many villages become willing to join the Republic after hearing of how upstanding the militias are and the safety they can benefit from while inside it. Of course many settlements are unwilling to contribute much more than the bare minimum of resources towards the government in Greentown, viewing the Republic as a form of strong alliance with few obligations. They are especially wary due to the fact that militias often seize caravans from the south and loot them (in return for the generous offer of sparing the merchants lives). This very quickly led the merchants to begin complaining to their so called “counts” about these thefts and then either avoiding trade entirely or bringing a lot of firepower with them. Skirmishes frequently bog down the progress of the militias expanding south, and the disruption to trade causes other problems. Thankfully the Republic is self-sufficient for the most part and is not reliant on this trade, having built or repaired a number of brickworks in Quebec City. Given that moving heavy bricks long distance is difficult, most new or repaired buildings are those which are close to water or the brickworks themselves.
-The Republic begins to see the first glimmers of a life beyond subsistence as the larger economy begins to slowly take off. Not only are bricks being baked and houses repaired, but many villages in the Republic are sending elders to one another to help salvage technology, introduce farming techniques, or share the use of farming equipment. Some people have started to look at abandoned mines and pits to extract workable materials. Most of the time it’s usually phosphates, as it’s much easier to extract metals from salvage. Miners are usually farmers who work part-time, carrying sacks of the stuff to sell for use on farms. Other farmers and workers find the occasional seam of poor-quality coal that is mostly useless and hard to dig up. For most people in Quebec, work is to be had in the farms during harvesting. Payment is usually with a portion of the crop itself, room and board, or rarely some caps or pieces of scrap that the farmers have no use for. While the Republic has worked to try salvaging technology as much as they can and to assist most people, their main achievement has probably been the windmills hooked up to electrical generators that they have built in Greentown and Quebec city. Made from scrap (predictably), they are mostly used to grind up grain, power crushing mills, triphammers for blacksmiths, and occasionally provide power for lights. From the void above, small and dim lights begin to light up Quebec.
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[b]New Vegas – Pez “Cuck” God1
Capital: New Vegas
Economy: Developing transition
Population: 26,140
Power consumption: 0.23 Twh[/b]
-In business there is often a need to take risks, otherwise you won’t get anywhere. In 2281 Mr House took a big risk when he hired not six, but twenty good couriers to bring back his platinum chip containing the necessary software upgrades for his securitrons. Benny carefully watched and intervened by catching one of the couriers and stealing the chip. Unfortunately it turned out that the courier was carrying a fake, the real one had been carried along in a standard gun runner shipment and was casually left lying around in a box full of snowglobes and pre-war books. After it was taken up to the Lucky 38, Mr House immediately upgraded his securitrons and sent a number of them over to the ruined fortification hill and cleared out the tribes before entering the securitron vault. There he brought them back to life and temporarily caused a blackout in many parts of the Mojave due to the sudden power surge (as it turns out, his army needs a lot of energy). With so much extra force at his disposal, he quickly ignored the NCR in Hoover Dam and McCarran and focused on the real prize by annexing vast chunks of land to the east and north of New Vegas. Freeside and many other communities were caught up, and facing the superior firepower of these deadly robots, had little choice but to submit to the cold and efficient rule of Robert House.
-Business also means taking some morally questionable decisions, especially when taking the needs of society into account and whenever or not companies have a social responsibility. Thankfully Mr House doesn’t have to care since he owns both the society and the company, meaning he can impose his will. One of these questionable decisions lies in chems, as he clears lands to the west of the city and repairs many of the old factories and workshops. The job of these places is to manufacture chems needed by so many addicts throughout the Mojave, ranging from jet to whisky. As a source of revenue it’s invaluable, but Mr House managed to upset the Followers of the Apocalypse with this action. While patronizing them and giving them a lot of resources to help with their mission in the Mojave, his attempts to keep them in the dark are unsuccessful when it turns out that despite having supreme power over the city, he has allowed people to set up chem labs and to sell them to people throughout the city. With the NCR becoming steadily wealthier and the railway making it easier for them to travel too, tensions continue to rise as the city grows rapidly in size, although the fact it remains full of drugged up whoring gamblers does a lot to keep away financiers and industrialists who cannot find healthy and skilled workers. A holiday was announced by Mr House after the defeat of Caesar, to be celebrated yearly (much like the Great Khans have also done). Unfortunately for House, his attempts to send emissaries to meet Temujin and to convince him about accessing the strip go nowhere. Very few Khans visit the Mojave after the defeat of Caesar, having turned their attention back home or to the east.
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oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck
You better eat your fucking broccoli, or goddamnit, your not going to get any desert, YOU HEAR THAT, BOY?
Fuck you legion this is my useless patch of desert wasteland and you'll have to pry this sand out of my cold, dead (and sandy) hands
