New California Republic (Fallout)



The New California Republic (NCR) is a federal presidential republic founded in the former U.S state of California. It is comprised of nine contiguous states all located in the west coast and southwest parts of the former U.S mainland, with additional territorial holdings in upper Mexico and western Texas.

The NCR emphasizes and strives to support a plethora of old world values, such as democracy, personal liberty, and the rule of law. It also aims to restore general order to the wasteland, the improvement and development of infrastructure and economic systems, and overarching peace between people. Similar to institutions of the old world it seeks to emulate, continued expansion has created challenges with territorial control, loyalty, and corruption that plague the Republic and serve to hinder its goals.

Following the Los Angeles War a large number of American survivor communities (mainly: Shady Sands) held a new constitutional convention, re-establishing the United States of America in the form of the NCR. Though this Constitution was an almost direct copy of the pre-Great War U.S. Constitution (with the only change being that a President could be in charge for more than two terms), the new government declared itself only a provisional government that would give authority back to the existing federal U.S. government if they ever came into contact with them. In 2198 the NCR learned that the surviving American government was destroyed shortly after the Great War. Therefore, the New California Republic was founded by Shady Sands leader Tari, aspiring to be a successor of the long gone USA.

Less than a century after its founding, the Republic is a model example of post-apocalyptic success and good ethics. Steady expansion and development led to widespread political enfranchisement, the establishment of rule of law and its enforcement, security from threats within and without (to a reasonable degree) and good standards of living (above mere subsistence, at minimum) are a reality for its massive population of over 700,000 citizens. The situation improved even further with the Mojave Campaign that lend the newly formed nation control of the entirety of the Mojave Desert, absorbing not only the short-lived Autocracy of New Vegas but most territories of Caesar's Legion.

Background
The history of the New California Republic dates back to the survivors of a Vault-Tec (Fallout) facility who emerged from the shelter around 2097, founding the town of Shady Sands. With the assistance of the Vault Dweller, who destroyed the Khan raider tribe, Aradesh and his daughter, Tandi, led the community into prosperity. With expanding trade routes came cultural exchange, eventually culminating in a movement aiming at forming a national entity. The idea resonated with other wastelanders and won popular support, leading to the formation of the New California Republic in Shady Sands in 2186, with a trial council government established to draft the constitution. Three years later, in 2189, the Republic proper was voted into existence as a federation of five counties organized around major settlements in the wastes. The states are Shady, Los Angeles, Maxson, Hub and Dayglow.

Flag
The flag of the New California Republic is directly inspired by the short-lived state of California before the Hoffman Pact, which depicts a California grizzly bear on a patch of grass. It is unknown whether both North and South California would continue using the flag after being split in 1969 when the commonwealths would become another layer of governance. Nevertheless, the NCR would adopt a version of this flag during the formative years as a nation.

The NCR has had three versions of its flag up to 2301:


 * The Manghanesia

The first iliteration of the NCR flag is known as 'The Manghanesia' and was adopted immediately after the formation of the nation, being used from 2189 to 2259. It presents a white background, a drawing of the full map of the NCR in the background along with the letters 'NCR', a star and overlayed ontop of all of that the normal components of the pre-Great War California flag. The flag was updated in 2192 to present the bear with another head, although there isn't any known species of a bear with two heads known as of yet in the wasteland, President Tari adopted it as an aknowledgement of what the US had done, and how they shouldn't fall into the same mistakes as them.


 * Mojaveist

Changed shortly after President Tari's death, the Mojaveist flag was a simplified design created specifically for propaganda to be used in the Mojave Annexation projectt, the Mojaveist flag was used in the Westwar; shortly after the Westwar's end and the annexation of New Vegas and Caesar's Legion, the Mojaveist flag became a symbol of victory and democratic pride.


 * Pacific States

With the state reorganizal of 2294 issued, a change of flag was also to be made after the official recognition of Baja, New Vegas, Lincoln, North and South Lanius, Tari and Courier as states, and the dissolution of the five main counties into two states: Alta and Los Angeles. It is the current flag of the NCR.