Is Fallout 4 in America?
Fallout 4 (and most of its add-ons, such as the Automatron and the Workshop add-ons) is set in the Commonwealth, in reference to Massachusetts' official pre-War title of "The Commonwealth of Massachusetts." The map of Fallout 4 is only a small part of Massachusetts, centered around Boston.
The game is set within an open world post-apocalyptic environment that encompasses the city of Boston and the surrounding Massachusetts region known as "The Commonwealth".
Released in October 1997, Fallout takes place in a post-apocalyptic Southern California, beginning in the year 2161. The protagonist, referred to as the Vault Dweller, is tasked with recovering a water chip in the Wasteland to replace the broken one in their underground shelter home, Vault 13.
The Commonwealth is the general location and setting for Fallout 4. Once known as the Eastern coast of the United States of America, the Commonwealth incorporated Boston and the larger Massachusetts area and beyond.
Most of the events of the series take place in the United States. The first two games, Fallout and Fallout 2, were set in New California, the remains of the West Coast, in which the Master and the Enclave were the region's main threats.
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. Abandoned by their leaders, the survivors began rebuilding on their own.
The idea of using a different flag design for the United States originated in Fallout in 1997. Tim Cain commented that the 13-star flag was used because Leonard Boyarsky favored it, planning on creating a backstory about 13 super-states to it that never materialized.
Fallout 4 takes place in a post-apocalyptic Boston. The game takes some historical liberties, but other details are recreated straight from real life. The story of Fallout 4 takes place in a world similar to ours, but one that has noticeable differences in its history.
The first installment is set in Vault 18, located near the San Bernardino Mountains in the Cajon Pass, after the events of Fallout 2.
Appearances. New York City is mentioned in Fallout 3 and its add-on Mothership Zeta, the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Dead Money, Fallout 4 and its add-on Far Harbor, Fallout 76 and its update Wastelanders, as well as Fallout Bible 0.
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.
New York and Pennsylvania were hit at 9:42 AM, with Boston and Washington, D.C. being hit at 9:47 AM, five minutes after.

From the glamorous broken shores of Sunshine Cove to the tropical wilderness of The Green, explore some of the most colorful locales ever seen in Fallout. Bathe in the exotic irradiated wonder of Florida as you venture into the Vacation Wasteland.
Fallout 3 takes place in the year 2277, and within the region that covers most of the ruined city of Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, and parts of Maryland (mostly Montgomery County).
Within the game's future setting, there are hundreds of vaults scattered across the USA, in places like West Virginia, Texas, and Colorado, meaning a multitude of possibilities for a future Fallout 5 setting. Whatever Fallout 5 is, it will most likely be set in America.
Other than the references to the Commonwealth and Railroad, Fallout 3 had many connections to Fallout 4, with the former taking place just ten years before the latter. Such concerns make one think that both games occur in the same universe.
The Mexican flag appears in Fallout: New Vegas wrapped around the stock of the unique hunting rifle, Paciencia. The United Mexican States, or Mexico, was a sovereign state and the southern neighbor of the United States of America.
America (obviously), China (due to the fact that we were at war with them at the time), Israel (there was a nuclear terrorist attack in Tel Aviv in the year 2053), most of the Middle East (the Resource Wars), and possibly the entirety of Europe. What are the cherry bombs in the Fallout universe?
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.
U.S. Flag Facts
There are 50 stars representing the 50 states and there are 13 stripes representing the 13 original colonies. from The CIA World Factbook.
What is the rare US flag?
However, the 41-star flag is one of the rarest of 19th century America. On November 2, 1889, North and South Dakota were added to the Union as the 39th and 40th states, the first time in history that two states were admitted on the same day.
Essentially all countries were destroyed during or before the Great War. During the energy crisis that happened prior to the Great War, Europe invaded the Middle East and (after a terrorist cell detonated a nuke in Tel-Aviv) a limited nuclear exchange occurs.
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- 4 Atom's Spring. ...
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- 6 Museum of Witchcraft. ...
- 7 Grandchester Mystery Mansion. ...
- 8 East Boston Preparatory School. ...
- 9 Unmarked Train Car. ...
- 10 Swan's Pond. ...
Despite the fact that Vault 101 is in Washington and Fallout 4 takes place entirely in Boston, you can get the Vault 101 jumpsuit there too! The costume is hidden in the game files of Fallout 4, and enterprising individuals can actually unlock the suit through a series of console commands.
Some of the weirdest and coolest things in Fallout games can be found by simply exploring the vast open worlds. Vault 75 is a great example of this. Near the Old Gullet Sinkhole players can find Malden Middle School, a fairly intact building that is occupied by some Gunners.
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.
The island of Far Harbor is located in Maine, and it sounds very much like the real-world location of Bar Harbor, also in Maine (where I lived for a bit, a few years ago). If your US geography is a little fuzzy, Maine is the northernmost state in New England.
The Nuka-Town USA is a DLC Nuka World Location in the Southern-central area of Nuka-World, and encompasses many other locations.
Fallout 4 briefly describes several cities as 'gone' including NYC, but the other cities described still exist in some form." NYC was listed in the Civil Alert Systems Broadcast as one of the major targets in the war, alongside Boston, DC, and Philadelphia.
“Fallout Miami is an in-development mod for Fallout 4, giving us a close look at what's going on in post-apocalyptic Florida."
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