Does Europe exist in Fallout?

Europe is pretty much a desolated wasteland like America because of the Great War between the Middle East and European Commonwealth (European Union equivalent). Europe had a resource war against the Middle East and pretty much lost.

Was Europe affected in Fallout?

In 2052, Europe was heavily dependent on oil imports from the petroleum-rich states of the Middle East and responded with military action to rapidly rising oil prices that were damaging its economy, starting a series of terrible global conflicts that later historians refer to as the Resource Wars.

Do other countries exist in Fallout?

Several pre-War countries are mentioned throughout the Fallout series. Several banded together into international organizations, such as the European Commonwealth or the United Nations, both of which failed by the time of the Great War.

Was Europe destroyed in Fallout?

The once prosperous union fell apart almost overnight as the resource-starved European states jumped to each other's throats, fighting over what little resources remained. The European Civil War began, only ending in 2077, when the Great War extinguished civilization in Europe.

Does the Soviet Union exist in Fallout?

In the Fallout universe, the USSR did not dissolve in 1991, and continued to exist well into the 21st century. The Soviet Union had a consular service and a foreign service, and had strong consular relations with the United States.

Does Europe exist in Fallout?

Were any countries not nuked in Fallout?

There is no proof of any entire countries untouched by the war, but there are some areas which avoided the nuclear fallout. In the Point Lookout DLC for Fallout 3, Point Lookout State Park is described as a place where "the bombs didn't actually fall, but the world has left it behind".

Who nuked the US in Fallout?

China resorted to using nuclear weapons against America, which turned the world into a wasteland. The Sino-American conflict started in 2066, so it had been going on for about ten years by 2077. With nukes flying all over the sky, the world was plunged into chaos and the setting of Fallout was made.

Does America still exist in Fallout?

After two hours of apocalyptic destruction, the war was over and the world was destroyed. The fallout decimated society as a whole and the United States, as it was previously known, ceased to exist.

Does China still exist in Fallout?

The Great War

Vaults are sealed as the air raid sirens blare for the last time. Within two hours, both the United States and China ceased to exist as nations, their cities vaporized in nuclear fireballs.

How many countries got nuked in Fallout?

The United States and China are destroyed.

Does Mexico exist in Fallout?

Appearances. Mexico is mentioned in Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout: New Vegas and its add-on Honest Hearts, the Fallout 4 add-on Nuka-World, the Fallout Bible and in design documents for Black Isle's canceled second iteration of Fallout 3 (codenamed Van Buren). Bombay Jack was a character explicitly from Mexico.

What is China called in Fallout?

China, officially known as The People's Republic of China, or PRC, is the posthumous overarching antagonistic faction of the Fallout franchise.

What is the U.S. called in Fallout?

The game features an open world four times the size of that of Fallout 4. The game world is called "Appalachia" and is a representation of West Virginia.

Did ww3 happen in Fallout?

The war is referred to as World War III on the Fallout Trilogy PC cover. In the Fallout intro, the narrator states that "the storm of world war had come again." Within the abandoned script of the canceled Fallout movie, neither China, India, nor even North Korea launched the first bomb.

Did WWII happen in Fallout?

According to the Fallout Bible, the timeline of the real world and Fallout world began to split after World War II. The series is described as, "drawing gamers into alternate history, diverging from existing reality shortly following WWII" in a Bethesda Softworks court document.

Does the UK exist in Fallout?

The United Kingdom, England, or Britain are mentioned in Fallout 3, Fallout Tactics, Fallout 4, Fallout Shelter, and Fallout 76.

Is Fallout banned in Germany?

The de facto ban that had been imposed by the Bundespüfstelle was lifted for many games, including Doom, Doom 2, Quake, Quake 2, Fallout 3, Gears of War, Gears of War 2, several Grand Theft Auto games, and Max Payne.

What destroyed the world in Fallout?

The Great War started and ended on Saturday, October 23, 2077 when nuclear weapons were launched by all the nuclear-capable nations of the Fallout world (mainly from the United States, China and the USSR). The exchange lasted for approximately two hours, according to most survivors' accounts.

Does New York exist in Fallout?

During the early planning of Fallout 4, New York was discussed as a possible location for the game, and a design document was produced by Emil Pagliarulo with this idea in mind. The developers instead chose Boston as the location for the game, but have kept the design document on file.

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What happened to Africa in Fallout?

South America and Africa were probably destroyed by large countries draining the resources from them. If S.A. and Africa survived then they were certainly destroyed by the resulting weather challenges brought about by the Global Nuclear Apocalypse.

Did the US take over Canada in Fallout?

Resource Wars

For the random encounter in Fallout Tactics, see Canadian Invasion. The United States annexation of Canada occurred as the U.S. gradually eroded Canada's sovereignty, eventually incorporating Canadian provinces as U.S. territories beginning in 2072 through 2077.

Where in the US is safest from nuclear fallout?

Some estimates name Maine, Oregon, Northern California, and Western Texas as some of the safest locales in the case of nuclear war, due to their lack of large urban centers and nuclear power plants.

Who started ww3 in Fallout?

According to the leaked film treatment of a canceled Fallout movie from 1998, the first strike was actually made by Vault-Tec, whose executives had agreed to kickstart the Great War in a bid to fulfill their own prophecy.

What happened to Australia in Fallout?

During the Resource Wars, Australia's colony, Papua and New Guinea, was invaded by the communist Chinese, who attempted to use it as a stepping stone to reach Queensland and the Northern Territory. This conflict was ongoing by the time of the Great War.