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[The Twelve Isles]

Question regarding state benefits:
Most of my territory will be centered in Nebraska, but with significant holdings in Colorado, a fair bit in Iowa and a small portion in Missouri. Do I only get the benefits for Nebraska or all of those states?

For perspective I hold a large majority of Missouri, though I am more focused on rebuilding the Midwest Commonwealth at the moment.

I feel like you're nation and my nation are destined for a showdown in the future, as Im planning on trying to rebuild the gulf commonwealth.

And get everyone addicted to chems.

[Waztaskio]

For perspective I hold a large majority of Missouri, though I am more focused on rebuilding the Midwest Commonwealth at the moment.

I feel like you're nation and my nation are destined for a showdown in the future, as Im planning on trying to rebuild the gulf commonwealth.

And get everyone addicted to chems.

The battle commences. I kidnapped your one guy, but the rest are just being swarmed. So you can respond.

[The United Equstrian Front]

Has the spider moved at all? Since I'm pretty hesitant to post now. Anything new happen?

[Waztaskio]

Has the spider moved at all? Since I'm pretty hesitant to post now. Anything new happen?

What do you mean has the spider moved at all lol?

And Prusslandia, there is no way you can extract Liberty Prime by Vertibird. It's impossible. In fact, the ONLY way you can move him from the Pentagon is by walking him place to place due to his sheer weight. The BoS were only able to transport him to Boston due to him being destroyed and merely had to pack up his parts, but still needed their giant Airship to do it. So, you're kinda stuck with him in the Pentagon.

[Prusslandia]

Has the spider moved at all? Since I'm pretty hesitant to post now. Anything new happen?

What do you mean has the spider moved at all lol?

And Prusslandia, there is no way you can extract Liberty Prime by Vertibird. It's impossible. In fact, the ONLY way you can move him from the Pentagon is by walking him place to place due to his sheer weight. The BoS were only able to transport him to Boston due to him being destroyed and merely had to pack up his parts, but still needed their giant Airship to do it. So, you're kinda stuck with him in the Pentagon.

Oh no, I'm not trying to move him.I'm sending troops and scientists there, so I can fortify the position while I work to get him back online.

[Waztaskio]

What do you mean has the spider moved at all lol?

And Prusslandia, there is no way you can extract Liberty Prime by Vertibird. It's impossible. In fact, the ONLY way you can move him from the Pentagon is by walking him place to place due to his sheer weight. The BoS were only able to transport him to Boston due to him being destroyed and merely had to pack up his parts, but still needed their giant Airship to do it. So, you're kinda stuck with him in the Pentagon.

Oh no, I'm not trying to move him.I'm sending troops and scientists there, so I can fortify the position while I work to get him back online.

Oh, I may have misread. Nevermind then. Keep going.

[The United Equstrian Front]

Has the spider moved at all? Since I'm pretty hesitant to post now. Anything new happen?

What do you mean has the spider moved at all lol?

And Prusslandia, there is no way you can extract Liberty Prime by Vertibird. It's impossible. In fact, the ONLY way you can move him from the Pentagon is by walking him place to place due to his sheer weight. The BoS were only able to transport him to Boston due to him being destroyed and merely had to pack up his parts, but still needed their giant Airship to do it. So, you're kinda stuck with him in the Pentagon.

Okay just checking, by the way when are you going to introduce horses? Since I'm going to need them if I'm going to be effective.

[The Traansval]

What do you mean has the spider moved at all lol?

And Prusslandia, there is no way you can extract Liberty Prime by Vertibird. It's impossible. In fact, the ONLY way you can move him from the Pentagon is by walking him place to place due to his sheer weight. The BoS were only able to transport him to Boston due to him being destroyed and merely had to pack up his parts, but still needed their giant Airship to do it. So, you're kinda stuck with him in the Pentagon.

Oh no, I'm not trying to move him.I'm sending troops and scientists there, so I can fortify the position while I work to get him back online.

Yeah here is the problem

THERE IS A FUCKING NATION THAT HAS WASHINGTON DC AS ITS CAPITAL, AND I DON'T THINK THEY LIKE YOU TAKING HIM

[Pacific Brotherhood of Steel]

Oh no, I'm not trying to move him.I'm sending troops and scientists there, so I can fortify the position while I work to get him back online.

Yeah here is the problem

THERE IS A FUCKING NATION THAT HAS WASHINGTON DC AS ITS CAPITAL, AND I DON'T THINK THEY LIKE YOU TAKING HIM

Please calm down.

[The Traansval]

Yeah here is the problem

THERE IS A FUCKING NATION THAT HAS WASHINGTON DC AS ITS CAPITAL, AND I DON'T THINK THEY LIKE YOU TAKING HIM

Please calm down.

I'm sorry but i've said this multiple times already and it seems i've been ignored.

[New Minahasa]

Faction/Nation Name: The Concord of Stars; The Star Concord: The Concord.
Faction/Nation Territory: The Concord controls a few scattered outposts and military bases outside the vault.
Capital City/Faction HQ: Vault 122.
Population: 1,500.
Government: Totalitarianism. Democracy is an illusion to the people, and the power-in-control seeks to keep it that way. While the people may have freedom of speech, those who do not agree with the government is secretly handled with.
Leaders: President Otto Cannon.
National/Group Ideology: Totalitarian democracy.
Military: 1,200 highly-trained group of soldiers, equipped with the finest weaponry and armoury provided by the government. All of them wear an advanced power armour called the T-70 Mk. II power armour, designed and engineered by the scientists of the Concord. Along with them, they have an additional of 800 recruits equipped with combat armours and military grade weapons. They also have in control about 48 vertibirds scattered across their outposts and hidden bases in the states, and 60 working advanced version of the pre-war Sentry bots called "Starbots".
Major Towns or Locations: Sierra Army Depot, CA; Fort Sill, OK.
History: In 2054, a project known as "Project Safehouse' was commisioned by the U.S. government. The project had intended to build 122 vaults across the states by the Vault-Tec Corporation. But in the following year, the government had also created a treaty with Vault-Tec. The last of the vaults, Vault 122, would be built only for the most valuable personnels of the U.S. government, including the president himself. The treaty was known as the "Concord of Stars". Vault-Tec agreed, and the vault was built in Wichita, KS. The vault itself was huge, and inside contained vertibirds and military vehicles. In 2077 as China and USA declared war against each other, all of the nearby personnels were immediately directed to the vault. Most of the people managed to get in, but a handful unfortunate souls were left behind, including the president. The vault was filled with all sorts of people; military, scientists, and engineers. Resources were plentiful, as how it should be. General Garrett Lynn, the only high-ranked military personnel to survive in the vault, quickly put himself in charge of the vault and the people inside. Power hungry, he immediately declared himself the new president of the United States. Twenty years after the Great War, the vault door opened. Vertibirds and soldiers were sent out to recover strategic positions, and soon the Concord of Stars, taken from the treaty name, was built.

Done.

I've updated my miltary a bit, and removed Fort Drum from one of my Major Locations.

[Prusslandia]

Oh no, I'm not trying to move him.I'm sending troops and scientists there, so I can fortify the position while I work to get him back online.

Yeah here is the problem

THERE IS A FUCKING NATION THAT HAS WASHINGTON DC AS ITS CAPITAL, AND I DON'T THINK THEY LIKE YOU TAKING HIM

IIRC, no one is actually inside of the Pentagon- Primarily because everyone else is trying to blast through walls and stuff to get inside, whereas I'm just going in by air. IIRC, he's even posted about preparing an expedition to the Pentagon, which means it would be empty.

[Cesopium]

Are we gonna just retconn these guys?

[The Traansval]

Done.

I've updated my miltary a bit, and removed Fort Drum from one of my Major Locations.

I've updated mine as well, giving info on my guns and the organization and ranks of my army

Faction/Nation Name:The Republic of New York
Flag:(Image)
Faction/Nation Territory: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid= ... 527992&z=8
Capital City/Faction HQ: New York City
Population: 687,850
Government: Citizens elect a President, and also representatives to the Congress.
Leaders: President Jethro Kendi, the Congress of 13 Representatives
National/Group Ideology: Dedicated to the ideals of Liberty, Human Rights, and Democracy. Military Service is often glamorized as a way to protect and spread Democracy. The current government has started to adopt a Imperialist Attitude, and are convince that all of New York is rightfully theirs.

Military: 27, 514 Soldiers
Most of the Soldiers of the NYRA (New York Republican Army) are of above average conscript levels. No where near elite, but trained enough to be effect Soldiers.
The Soldiers are given the New York Battle Rifle, a rifle produced by the Government based off old Pre-War blueprints for a "M1-Garand", and the STEN Submachine Gun. They're uniforms are based on Pre-War US Army Fatigues with a grey coat over the Fatigues and the addition of a Metal or Kevlar Armor Chestplate on top of the uniform. The Soldiers also wear a Armband with the flag of the Republic of New York on it, and a M1 Steel Helmet.
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Weight: 9.5 lb (4.31 kg) to 11.6 lb (5.3 kg)
Length: 43.5 in (1,100 mm)
Barrel length: 24 in (609.6 mm)

Cartridge: .30-06 NYA(New York Arsenal) (7.62×63mm)

Action: Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Feed system: 20-round Detachable Clip
Sights: Rear - adjustable aperture, Front - wing protected post

Rate of fire: 60−80 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity: 2,800 ft/s (853 m/s)
Effective firing range: 500 yd (457 m)

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Weight: 3.2 kg (7.1 lb) (Mk. II)
Length: 760 mm (30 in)
Barrel length: 196 mm (7.7 in)

Cartridge: 9×19mm Parabellum
Action: Blowback-operated, Open bolt
Feed system: 40-round detachable box magazine
Sights: fixed peep rear, post front

Rate of fire: 500-600 round/min
Muzzle velocity: 365 m/s (1,198 ft/s)
Effective firing range: 100 m

OF-10: General
OF-9: Field Marshal
OF-8: Lieutenant General (Lt Gen)
OF-7: Major-General (Maj Gen)
OF-6: Brigadier (Brig)
OF-5: Colonel (Col)
OF-4: Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col)
OF-3: Major
OF-2: Captain (Capt)
OF-1: Lieutenant (Lt)
OF-1: Ensign

OR-9: Sergeant Major (SGM)
OR-8: Warrant Officer 2 (WO2)
OR-7: Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
OR-5 4 and OR-6: Sergeant (SGT)
OR-3: Lance Corporal (LCPL)
OR-2: Private First Class (PFC)
OR-1: Private (PVT)

1st Army
----1st Regiment
---------1st through 4th Battalions
----2nd Regiment
---------5th through 8th Battalions
----3rd Regiment
---------9th through 12th Battalions
----4th Regiment
---------13th through 17th Battalions

2nd Army
----5th Regiment
---------18th through 21st Battalions
----6th Regiment
---------22nd through 25th Battalions
----7th Regiment
---------26th through 29th Battalions
----8th Regiment
---------30th through 33rd Battalions

3rd Army
----9th Regiment
---------34th through 37th Battalions
----10th Regiment
----------38th through 41st Battalions
----11th Regiment
----------42nd through 45th Battalions
----12th Regiment
----------46th through 49th Battalions

NYC Home Guard
----14th Regiment
----------50th through 53rd Battalions

Each battalion has 10 Companies. Totaling 530 Companies for the Entire Military.

Regiment = 2,000 Men
Battalion = 500 Men
Company = 50 Men

The Polis Rangers, based around the former NYPD, are a elite unit of 1, 514 Rangers. The Polis Rangers are charged with protecting New York territory, hunting bandits, and keeping the law enforced. The Polis Rangers are elite Marksmen, Scouts, and Snipers. The Polis Rangers are equipped with pre-war Springfield Rifles, Brush Guns, and Polis Revolver. The Polis Rangers wear a NYPD Vest (First Picture) over Pre-War Riot Gear(Second Picture).
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The New York Republican Army has salvaged 5 Vertbirds from a Pre-War Military Base in the New York City Area, along with a stock pile of T-45 Power Armor Suits. As of yet, the Army is still working on creating a unit to operate the suits.

Major Towns or Locations: Buffalo, Albany, Ithaca, Scranton, Great Lanta, Ester, The New 84, Trenton, Kingston, Lake Town, Auburn
History: In the great war that came about from the hostilities of nations, fire rained down from the sky in the form of Atomic Warheads. Major American Cities were decimated, hit by the nuclear blasts. However, in New York, citizens of the city hid below in the Metro System, surviving the nuclear blasts above. Elsewhere, some citizens hid out in the local vault. The Polis Rangers, descendants of the NYPD, has perfected their art in the Metro's and hunting through the radiated ruins above.

After the Vaults opened and the radiation went away, the citizens of the Metro went above and found the Vault survivors. They banded together, and began to rebuild New York City. The New York Republic was formed, with its capital being proclaimed as New York City, on Manhattan Island. The Island was fortified, with the surrounding area being mostly rubble from the nuclear warheads.

As time went on, citizens of the Island Republic began to expand. First, they started to clear and resettle the rubble that was the Bronx and Brooklyn, founding the smaller community of Hudson.

Blueprints for pre-war tech was found, and a large cache of Pre-War Weapons were found outside the Island. With this, the Republic formed the NYRA, and began to expand even more. Following the roads, the Polis Rangers moved ahead, scouting ahead and bringing word to the local communities that a new Republic was here. Some joined, some didn't like the idea of paying Taxes.

By the modern day, the Republic extends over most of South New York State. From New York City to Buffalo, controlling the Coal and Iron Mills of the Western New York State, where they manufacture the Rifles and Uniforms for the NYRA and Polis Rangers.

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[Waztaskio]

Oh no, I'm not trying to move him.I'm sending troops and scientists there, so I can fortify the position while I work to get him back online.

Yeah here is the problem

THERE IS A FUCKING NATION THAT HAS WASHINGTON DC AS ITS CAPITAL, AND I DON'T THINK THEY LIKE YOU TAKING HIM

These guys basically paratrooped onto the facility. And without the knowledge on how to access the more "sensitive," areas of the Pentagon like a government faction would. I doubt The Pentagon would be a seriously important objective. Now of course they could be attempting to crack the lower levels open, but it's the Pentagon. So it would've been well designed against that like the Anchorage Simulation Armory was against the Brotherhood Renegade faction. If that nation wishes to launch an assault against them if they lose contact with the outpost (If the Pentagon is one.) Or launches their own separate expedition, they can engage in combat.

[The Traansval]

Yeah here is the problem

THERE IS A FUCKING NATION THAT HAS WASHINGTON DC AS ITS CAPITAL, AND I DON'T THINK THEY LIKE YOU TAKING HIM

These guys basically paratrooped onto the facility. And without the knowledge on how to access the more "sensitive," areas of the Pentagon like a government faction would. I doubt The Pentagon would be a seriously important objective. Now of course they could be attempting to crack the lower levels open, but it's the Pentagon. So it would've been well designed against that like the Anchorage Simulation Armory was against the Brotherhood Renegade faction. If that nation wishes to launch an assault against them if they lose contact with the outpost (If the Pentagon is one.) Or launches their own separate expedition, they can engage in combat.

But, Washington D.C is their Capital. They are going to notice Vertibirds flying overhead

[Alinora]

Since I'm apping for the Institute, I'm assuming that regular guidelines for the military don't apply since we "make" our soldiers?

[The United Equstrian Front]

So Waz when are horses going to be introduced?

[The Traansval]

Waz, you forgot or didn't notice the guy so he's not on the OP

Alright then. First things first, I'd love it better if you could fix your application by placing them in the box format to make it look more orderly. Second, I think it's best if you reduce your population to about 250-350k due to Washington D.C. being the capital of USA, I'm more than sure that more nukes were directed around the vicinity and subsequently killed most of its population. Texas holds more lands than you do, yet it only has a population of 560k. Also, your military greatly exceeds your population. Only 1-4% of your population can be put as your standing army.

I don't know how the calculations in my head went to 45 k instead 5k. xD
Both are fixed.

Faction/Nation Name: Washington State
Faction/Nation Territory:
Washington DC, mariland towards Norfolk, richmond, harrisonburg, blacksburg, charleston, the bulk of the national forest.

Capital City/Faction HQ: Washington DC
Population: Estimated around 270 000 in a rough census held 6 years ago.
Some survivors from the blast, others decendants from vault dwellers across the decades and even a century prior to today.
Mutants are despised and not allowed in many settlements, some outposts trade with them, but often only out of neccesity. Mutants are not allowed citizenship and are not counted in the census as other non-citizen settlers in the washington state region.

Government: Totalitarian/Militaristic government, with an advisory council of elected members.
Leading and important members across the nation sit in a council to discuss and decide on matters of economy, military and government action, added with a small parliament of Mayors or their representative, .which serves an advisory function in the current effective government. Normally the parliament elects members of the council from the citizenry, but this function had been overturned after a military coup took over a few years ago.

After certain events in the past, a coup was enforced by the military after famine, raiders and a mutant crisis ran rampant in the territory and the council failed to provide concise action and the Washington region was on the edge of full collapse. The coup members of the military elected one of their own to precede the council and to this day the military still enforces an unofficial but real deciding force on who gets to join the council and which laws are enforced.

The mayor or representative of each town (and attached land/territory) is voted in by its citizenry. To properly own land, one must acquire citizenship. To earn said citizenship one must serve in the military or have enough influence to convince the council to grant them personally or a group of people citizenship directly.

Leaders:
General James smith (Unofficial President and head of the military)
Colonel Heinrich Waudman (Councilmember and important commander in the military)
Mayor Friedrich Waudman, Mayor Elisabeth Warner (Elected leaders of two influential towns)
Rancher Danny welsh (Important landowner, whose territory provides the majority of the agricultural produce and livestock)

National/Group Ideology: Borderline Fascism, totalitarian. Although the council has supposed enforcing power through a reasonably well trained military/Militia arm, considering the lack of efficient means of long range communication and swift transportation methods, keeping fringe villages and settlements complacent and happy within the nation is important and decisions are made for their protection and continued alliance and cooperation.
Originally the nation was one of many offshoots to rebuild the original American democracy, but lack of similar infrastructure and the nature of the wasteland made its leaders more cynical, after they turned to a more totalitarian style of government.

Military:
Size:
An estimated 2500 people serve in the Army and Ranger corps in frontline, logistic and intelligence roles, but many of those serve in depots and patrol duty. It would be impossible to even deploy the bulk of these men in a single deployment without months or even years of planning.
It is unknown howmany men can be raised from the Washington Guard at one time. Raising a substansial amount of men from the Washington guard into active duty would bring supply issues to arm and supply them, in theory the guard would triple the soldiers the state can field in defense, but has never occured in bulk before.

Considering the dismal state of Amerika , supplying and deploying a military force is difficult and cumbersome. But the situation of the wasteland, including factions, nearby nations and a plethora or raider and mutant gangs make an organized and trained armed force necessary. This means that providing weapons, ammunition and uniforms is one of the prime concerns of government. To ensure overall structural oversight in deploying the army, the military is divided into Companies of around 100 men, then individually assigned into squads of around 10 men on average. Some larger deployments are organized into battalions of several companies and a selection of companies would then serve under a regiment.
In theory multiple regiments could be organized into a division, but that logistic necessity has not occurred yet.
Armory:
Manufacturing of uniforms and weaponry is done centralized, in part for logistics and because of resource scarcity. scavenged metal is re-used or melted down for the construction of new firearms in slightly mechanized factories near the capital, ballistic weaponry, such as semi-automatic rifles, bolt-rifles and pistols are the mainstay of the military, but production is always stretched to keep up with demand, several armories focusing on repair and refurbishing of worn out gear to fill demand.

Uniforms are mostly designed for endurance and survivability. The Armories of Washington provide the bulk of the military with body armor in some form or another, but resources are always scarce. Logistical items are also issued in bulk, allowing Washington troops some allowance for independent action in the field, such as scavenging, the digging of trenches or fortifications, construction of field-communications with Radio equipment and similar actions that allow them to operate in a more or less organized and efficient manner in the field.

Training:
When recruited or when volunteering, one is shipped to a large military facility near Washington, where the main armory, workshops and factories are situated, as well as the military headquarters. There they train physical fitness, marksmanship, tactics and mental endurance amongst other things. Depending on their response to the training and their excellence at it , some may be partnered with officers for peer to peer officer training or even elected to join the Rangers.
The Washington military focusses on discipline, marksmanship and tactics to carry the day, unwilling to waste manpower and equipment to achieve a swift victory due to the irreplaceability of manpower and equipment.

Branches of the Military:

Army
The nation keeps a trained and equipped core of soldiers who serve to earn citizenship rights, a stable pay, a place to sleep or otherwise the lifestyle or brotherhood an organized military brings with it. The pride of the Washington Army is a well-known phenomenon in the region and being a veteran or a reservist is almost a requirement to being respected in the nation. So becoming a soldier is to many a requirement to having a proper future.

The military is stationed at key installations, factories, workshops and roads around Washington and the outlying villages in fortified forts and supply hubs, from which they run patrols and deploy to deal with armed criminals and incursions where necessary. The military is often asked to aid the Guard to apprehend well-armed and organized criminals, ensuring the military is decently integrated with the needs of the citizenry and remains respected even during times or relative peace.

Rangers
Rangers are the smallest and most specialized branch of the military. Serving as spotters, scouts and military intelligence, Rangers are the best trained men in Washington, Recruiters often scouting and selecting their men from the best the Army has to offer. They run scouting missions across the region, often into neutral, foreign or enemy territory in whatever uniform, clothing or cover story that would give them the most chance to infiltrate and acquire intelligence.
Rangers are often the first to engage the enemy and the likely the last, providing critical intelligence on most hostile factions in the region and deployed constantly to allow for a constant influx of up to date information and intelligence. As well as assaulting strategically targets such as the leaders of raider bands, sabotaging supply roads or hubs in support of the Army.

Guard/Militia
People who are discharged with valor (any soldier leaving after serving a without serious penalization and for a reasonable amount of time is asked to join the guard or militia. They serve as the reserves and are expected to serve as town guards and first response defense of their own homes and towns until the military can respond. Often a town elects their sheriff or police force directly from the guard, ensuring that trained men and women serve as their protectors. Guard members serve as army reserve and can be called into action to supplement the army or to replace combat losses in dire situations.

Major Towns or Locations:
Washington DC serves as the primary capital and center of power. The ruins of Washington DC serves as the hub of the Washington nation, outskirts of the capitol have been decently refurbished for civilian repopulation and infrastructure not too damaged from the blast, such as some metro tunnels and roads are repaired and used to the extent possible. (the tunnels, not the metro system itself)

Other important hubs of activity and population are centered in Harrisonburg, Richmond, Charleston, Blacksburg and Maryland.
The Army has outposts across the territory as well as around route 66,64, 95,81 and 85 around Washington State. They have recently occupied Norfolk, in search for loot able military equipment, but no sizeable settlement had been constructed yet and the native population has not yet been fully integrated into the Washington nation

History:
2077- The Great War occurs. Millions die in minutes as the bombs fall, many millions more in the days and weeks after, dying of radiation, disease, famine, dehydration and worse. A fraction of the population survives the bombs and the ensuing chaos in massive vault shelters build either by the USA government or by Vault Tec, a private corp.
2150- Several Vaults, both vault-Tec and government based begin to systematically open around the DC area, spewing forth a new generation of Americans in the harsh and unforgiving wasteland that has yet to recover from its apocalypse, each attempting to rebuild civilization, All of them fail and pay the price. Incompetence of the dwellers, the insane and unpractical nature of vault-Tec vaults or the sheer unforgiving nature of the wasteland was to blame. But many of the vault dwellers survive and escape into the wider Washington Area, hoping to survive and rebuild.
2153 - A new attempt to rebuild civilization has a better chance, somewhere in the outskirts of Washington a large group of survivors take hold of an old and looted military base, having the luck of finding useful and workable equipment and weaponry. Fighting back against raiders, slavers and worse, the group quickly expanded in influence and territory, pushing back raiders and offering their protection in return for loyalty, tribute and later, tax. That was the birth of the "nation" or "state of Washington.
2165- With stability and safety even a shaky one, comes growth. The settlements nearest to Washington DC grow systematically, tearing down ruins and rebuilding on top of them one town at a time under the protection of the DC group. Hoping to rebuild civilization, the DC group establishes a small government, with an elected president and parliament, holding elections every 4 years. In practice it was a shady and inefficient practice, but it gave people some hope for the future.
2185- Further growth allowed for more centralization and the establishment of a small official corps of Rangers, who patrolled the territory for troublemakers and ran scouting missions for other survivors and interesting places to scavenge.
2190- Increased wealth meant that the DC area became a prime target for raiders and even mutants, in an extent the rangers could not deal with. A new vault opened in the DC-area, unbeknownst to the Washington State settlements and as super mutants started ravaging entire settlements and even penetrating the city itself.
In response the Washington DC arranged a militia that fought a long and bloody fight to remove the mutants. In the end it took years before the Rangers found the source of the mutants and managed to close off the vault that they emerged from. The Militia was re-organized into a proper military and repurposed to fight off the raiders, thieves and mutants that still rampaged across their territory.
2200- With a proper military and a more centralized government, the Washington state has goals to expand and to ensure its continued safety through treaties, military strength, access to resources and other means. For this purpose many Rangers have been sent out across the region to scout and to spy on nearby settlements and abandoned sites.

[Pacific Brotherhood of Steel]

Waz, you forgot or didn't notice the guy so he's not on the OP

I don't know how the calculations in my head went to 45 k instead 5k. xD
Both are fixed.

Faction/Nation Name: Washington State
Faction/Nation Territory:
Washington DC, mariland towards Norfolk, richmond, harrisonburg, blacksburg, charleston, the bulk of the national forest.

Capital City/Faction HQ: Washington DC
Population: Estimated around 270 000 in a rough census held 6 years ago.
Some survivors from the blast, others decendants from vault dwellers across the decades and even a century prior to today.
Mutants are despised and not allowed in many settlements, some outposts trade with them, but often only out of neccesity. Mutants are not allowed citizenship and are not counted in the census as other non-citizen settlers in the washington state region.

Government: Totalitarian/Militaristic government, with an advisory council of elected members.
Leading and important members across the nation sit in a council to discuss and decide on matters of economy, military and government action, added with a small parliament of Mayors or their representative, .which serves an advisory function in the current effective government. Normally the parliament elects members of the council from the citizenry, but this function had been overturned after a military coup took over a few years ago.

After certain events in the past, a coup was enforced by the military after famine, raiders and a mutant crisis ran rampant in the territory and the council failed to provide concise action and the Washington region was on the edge of full collapse. The coup members of the military elected one of their own to precede the council and to this day the military still enforces an unofficial but real deciding force on who gets to join the council and which laws are enforced.

The mayor or representative of each town (and attached land/territory) is voted in by its citizenry. To properly own land, one must acquire citizenship. To earn said citizenship one must serve in the military or have enough influence to convince the council to grant them personally or a group of people citizenship directly.

Leaders:
General James smith (Unofficial President and head of the military)
Colonel Heinrich Waudman (Councilmember and important commander in the military)
Mayor Friedrich Waudman, Mayor Elisabeth Warner (Elected leaders of two influential towns)
Rancher Danny welsh (Important landowner, whose territory provides the majority of the agricultural produce and livestock)

National/Group Ideology: Borderline Fascism, totalitarian. Although the council has supposed enforcing power through a reasonably well trained military/Militia arm, considering the lack of efficient means of long range communication and swift transportation methods, keeping fringe villages and settlements complacent and happy within the nation is important and decisions are made for their protection and continued alliance and cooperation.
Originally the nation was one of many offshoots to rebuild the original American democracy, but lack of similar infrastructure and the nature of the wasteland made its leaders more cynical, after they turned to a more totalitarian style of government.

Military:
Size:
An estimated 2500 people serve in the Army and Ranger corps in frontline, logistic and intelligence roles, but many of those serve in depots and patrol duty. It would be impossible to even deploy the bulk of these men in a single deployment without months or even years of planning.
It is unknown howmany men can be raised from the Washington Guard at one time. Raising a substansial amount of men from the Washington guard into active duty would bring supply issues to arm and supply them, in theory the guard would triple the soldiers the state can field in defense, but has never occured in bulk before.

Considering the dismal state of Amerika , supplying and deploying a military force is difficult and cumbersome. But the situation of the wasteland, including factions, nearby nations and a plethora or raider and mutant gangs make an organized and trained armed force necessary. This means that providing weapons, ammunition and uniforms is one of the prime concerns of government. To ensure overall structural oversight in deploying the army, the military is divided into Companies of around 100 men, then individually assigned into squads of around 10 men on average. Some larger deployments are organized into battalions of several companies and a selection of companies would then serve under a regiment.
In theory multiple regiments could be organized into a division, but that logistic necessity has not occurred yet.
Armory:
Manufacturing of uniforms and weaponry is done centralized, in part for logistics and because of resource scarcity. scavenged metal is re-used or melted down for the construction of new firearms in slightly mechanized factories near the capital, ballistic weaponry, such as semi-automatic rifles, bolt-rifles and pistols are the mainstay of the military, but production is always stretched to keep up with demand, several armories focusing on repair and refurbishing of worn out gear to fill demand.

Uniforms are mostly designed for endurance and survivability. The Armories of Washington provide the bulk of the military with body armor in some form or another, but resources are always scarce. Logistical items are also issued in bulk, allowing Washington troops some allowance for independent action in the field, such as scavenging, the digging of trenches or fortifications, construction of field-communications with Radio equipment and similar actions that allow them to operate in a more or less organized and efficient manner in the field.

Training:
When recruited or when volunteering, one is shipped to a large military facility near Washington, where the main armory, workshops and factories are situated, as well as the military headquarters. There they train physical fitness, marksmanship, tactics and mental endurance amongst other things. Depending on their response to the training and their excellence at it , some may be partnered with officers for peer to peer officer training or even elected to join the Rangers.
The Washington military focusses on discipline, marksmanship and tactics to carry the day, unwilling to waste manpower and equipment to achieve a swift victory due to the irreplaceability of manpower and equipment.

Branches of the Military:

Army
The nation keeps a trained and equipped core of soldiers who serve to earn citizenship rights, a stable pay, a place to sleep or otherwise the lifestyle or brotherhood an organized military brings with it. The pride of the Washington Army is a well-known phenomenon in the region and being a veteran or a reservist is almost a requirement to being respected in the nation. So becoming a soldier is to many a requirement to having a proper future.

The military is stationed at key installations, factories, workshops and roads around Washington and the outlying villages in fortified forts and supply hubs, from which they run patrols and deploy to deal with armed criminals and incursions where necessary. The military is often asked to aid the Guard to apprehend well-armed and organized criminals, ensuring the military is decently integrated with the needs of the citizenry and remains respected even during times or relative peace.

Rangers
Rangers are the smallest and most specialized branch of the military. Serving as spotters, scouts and military intelligence, Rangers are the best trained men in Washington, Recruiters often scouting and selecting their men from the best the Army has to offer. They run scouting missions across the region, often into neutral, foreign or enemy territory in whatever uniform, clothing or cover story that would give them the most chance to infiltrate and acquire intelligence.
Rangers are often the first to engage the enemy and the likely the last, providing critical intelligence on most hostile factions in the region and deployed constantly to allow for a constant influx of up to date information and intelligence. As well as assaulting strategically targets such as the leaders of raider bands, sabotaging supply roads or hubs in support of the Army.

Guard/Militia
People who are discharged with valor (any soldier leaving after serving a without serious penalization and for a reasonable amount of time is asked to join the guard or militia. They serve as the reserves and are expected to serve as town guards and first response defense of their own homes and towns until the military can respond. Often a town elects their sheriff or police force directly from the guard, ensuring that trained men and women serve as their protectors. Guard members serve as army reserve and can be called into action to supplement the army or to replace combat losses in dire situations.

Major Towns or Locations:
Washington DC serves as the primary capital and center of power. The ruins of Washington DC serves as the hub of the Washington nation, outskirts of the capitol have been decently refurbished for civilian repopulation and infrastructure not too damaged from the blast, such as some metro tunnels and roads are repaired and used to the extent possible. (the tunnels, not the metro system itself)

Other important hubs of activity and population are centered in Harrisonburg, Richmond, Charleston, Blacksburg and Maryland.
The Army has outposts across the territory as well as around route 66,64, 95,81 and 85 around Washington State. They have recently occupied Norfolk, in search for loot able military equipment, but no sizeable settlement had been constructed yet and the native population has not yet been fully integrated into the Washington nation

History:
2077- The Great War occurs. Millions die in minutes as the bombs fall, many millions more in the days and weeks after, dying of radiation, disease, famine, dehydration and worse. A fraction of the population survives the bombs and the ensuing chaos in massive vault shelters build either by the USA government or by Vault Tec, a private corp.
2150- Several Vaults, both vault-Tec and government based begin to systematically open around the DC area, spewing forth a new generation of Americans in the harsh and unforgiving wasteland that has yet to recover from its apocalypse, each attempting to rebuild civilization, All of them fail and pay the price. Incompetence of the dwellers, the insane and unpractical nature of vault-Tec vaults or the sheer unforgiving nature of the wasteland was to blame. But many of the vault dwellers survive and escape into the wider Washington Area, hoping to survive and rebuild.
2153 - A new attempt to rebuild civilization has a better chance, somewhere in the outskirts of Washington a large group of survivors take hold of an old and looted military base, having the luck of finding useful and workable equipment and weaponry. Fighting back against raiders, slavers and worse, the group quickly expanded in influence and territory, pushing back raiders and offering their protection in return for loyalty, tribute and later, tax. That was the birth of the "nation" or "state of Washington.
2165- With stability and safety even a shaky one, comes growth. The settlements nearest to Washington DC grow systematically, tearing down ruins and rebuilding on top of them one town at a time under the protection of the DC group. Hoping to rebuild civilization, the DC group establishes a small government, with an elected president and parliament, holding elections every 4 years. In practice it was a shady and inefficient practice, but it gave people some hope for the future.
2185- Further growth allowed for more centralization and the establishment of a small official corps of Rangers, who patrolled the territory for troublemakers and ran scouting missions for other survivors and interesting places to scavenge.
2190- Increased wealth meant that the DC area became a prime target for raiders and even mutants, in an extent the rangers could not deal with. A new vault opened in the DC-area, unbeknownst to the Washington State settlements and as super mutants started ravaging entire settlements and even penetrating the city itself.
In response the Washington DC arranged a militia that fought a long and bloody fight to remove the mutants. In the end it took years before the Rangers found the source of the mutants and managed to close off the vault that they emerged from. The Militia was re-organized into a proper military and repurposed to fight off the raiders, thieves and mutants that still rampaged across their territory.
2200- With a proper military and a more centralized government, the Washington state has goals to expand and to ensure its continued safety through treaties, military strength, access to resources and other means. For this purpose many Rangers have been sent out across the region to scout and to spy on nearby settlements and abandoned sites.

If he didn't notice and I didn't accept him, then who did?

[Intermountain States]

Waz, you forgot or didn't notice the guy so he's not on the OP

If he didn't notice and I didn't accept him, then who did?

New Minahasa.

[New Minahasa]

Waz, you forgot or didn't notice the guy so he's not on the OP

If he didn't notice and I didn't accept him, then who did?

I did.

[Cesopium]

So Waz when are horses going to be introduced?

Used mutated Musk-Ox instead with bigger horns, since it seems horses are still gonna be extinct in North America.

[Prusslandia]

Since I'm apping for the Institute, I'm assuming that regular guidelines for the military don't apply since we "make" our soldiers?

Eh, I'd assume they'd be roughly apply, since you're still consuming raw resources to produce them- whether they be Gen1s and 2s, or Gen3s.

[The Traansval]

So Waz when are horses going to be introduced?

Used mutated Musk-Ox instead with bigger horns, since it seems horses are still gonna be extinct in North America.

The vote to have Horses is 7-4 in favor of Horses.