As a result, the NCR's population is able to enjoy the luxury of peace, freedom, and protection while the rest of the Mojave Wasteland is guided purely by anarchy and barbarism. The NCR also had a stable government, successful implementation of pre-war ideals, and a democratic constitution supported by a strong and stable physical security force. By the standards of the post-nuclear wasteland, the NCR was a paragon of economic success and good ethical character which made it stand out from the rest of the post-war factions and nation states. Shady Sands was renamed after the NCR's first president to Aradesh and became the new capital city of the NCR.
In the year 2186, Shady Sands was renamed into the New California Republic and was lead by a trial council who worked hard to create a constitution for the new nation.īy the year 2189, the New California Republic was elected into existance as a democratic federation and started out as an alliance of five states Shady Sands, Los Angeles, Maxson, the Hub, and Dayglow. Under the leadership of Aradesh, the community prospered and began establishing trade routes with other settlements and convinced more survivors and their lands to merge with their own. After the survivng remnants escaped, they managed to establish a new settlement known as Shady Sands and were under the leadership of Aradesh with the assistance of the mysterious Vault Dweller. The New California Republic originates back in the old former state of California where most of the survivors living in Vault 15 abandoned the vault all together and went out into the wasteland in order to rebuild society. 4.7 Office of Transportation and InfrastructureĪ map showing the 2281 boundaries of the NCR, with pre-war state boundaries in lighter shade.I did earn the trust, however, of two prominent citizens of Shady Sands - Tandi, and her father, Aradesh. Understand that survival requires that you work together, even with people you may not trust. I stopped there for help, and encountered the little town called Shady Sands. I spent a couple of days stumbling through the desert before I came upon a small settlement. My only clue was the location of another Vault, number 15. I fought off some giant mutant rats that were more interested in eating me than they should have been. My first few days were harrowing to say the least.
↑ Fallout 2 manual "Life on the Outside.Outside the walls, the NCR has so far been operating through others, buying and trading for things that they cannot yet take by open force." The NCR does keep order within its walls with a large and competent police force. The reality falls somewhat short of that goal. ↑ Fallout 2 Official Strategies & Secrets p.190: "The NCR is a clean town filled with honest, hardworking folk-at least that's how President-for-life Tandi would like to have it.( Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide faction profiles) Four more settlements joined the council, and in 2189 the NCR was voted into existence as a sprawling federation of five states: Shady Sands, Los Angeles, Maxson, Hub, and Dayglow." " In 2186, the town of Shady Sands changed its name to "New California Republic" and formed a trial council government to draft a constitution. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collector's Edition p.The brahmin barons and ranchers in NCR (along with the Stockmen's Association) hold a great deal of sway with the caravans and the government. NCR's main resource are its great brahmin herds, which provide most of the wasteland with as much meat and leather as they require. Almost nothing of Shady Sands remains, only a few familiar looking buildings. At the time of Fallout 2, Shady Sands has been renamed "New California Republic." The town has since been transformed from a small farming town into the largest civilized population center in New California, made prosperous through trading with other towns. The daughter of Aradesh, Tandi, eventually rose to the title of president of the sprawling New California Republic. In the 2160s, the community was led by Aradesh. Abandoning their vault (after scavenging most of what they could from the surviving technology and collapsed lower levels), the former residents of Vault 15 founded the small farming community of Shady Sands, a town midway between Vault 13 and 15. The New California Republic was born out of the remnants of the survivors of Vault 15, a sister vault to Vault 13 that opened earlier and released its occupants out onto the wasteland.