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Hello everyone, my name is Nilsor and welcome to my vault
Today on Fallout New Vegas 101
I’m going to talk to you about the history of the New California Republic
The NCR is a Democratic federation built upon old world values such as
democracy
liberty
rule of the law
or free market
and is located in the west of what used to be the American Comonwealth
This organisation is inclined to be tolerant and respectful
For example there is little to no sexism or homophobia and his accepting of ghouls and other mutants
Church and State are separated in the sence that
as long that your religion is unhurtful and doesn’t interfere with government business
you can practice it
As of 2281
NCR expands over a large portion of territories
Its Government is divided into 3 branches
The Legislative branch with The Congress where congressman are elected by the citizens
The Executive branch composed of the President and vice-president
both elected by the people with advice coming from the congress
And the Judicial branch in charge of making the law respected
This all seems pretty good on paper but in practice it is not as well balanced as it may be
Indeed each state of the Republic is trying to further its own agenda upon the others
Differents groups of influence are also rigging the game such as
The economicaly wealthy barons of the brahim food industry
The Gun runners who is the major contributor in terms of weaponery
Or the Crimson Caravan, one of the biggest company in charge of transportation
Also the President seems to be the only real one to be able to actually lead into which direction the Repulic will be heading
Giving him
or her
huge powers reducing in the process what the other branches can actually do
Before the New California Republic
there was Shady Sands
a little settlement founded in 2142 by settlers coming from the Vault 15 and leaded by Aradesh
During the events of Fallout 1 in 2161
the Vault Dweller will contribute into helping the NCR being born
The city went to war against numerous groups of surroundings raiders such as
the Jackals
the Vipers
and the Khans
A war that is still going on in 2281 as NCR still encounters remnants of these groups
In 2186
Shady Sands renamed itself the New California Republic where a council was formed in order to draft a constitution
Other representatives of the nearby towns of
Boneyard
Maxson
the Hub
and Dayglow also joined the council
Each one of them became a part of the first five states of the new Republic
In 2189
Aradesh was elected as the first President
He dissapeared during an expedition in 2196 when he was looking out for the Vault Dweller’s home
the Vault 13
His daughter
Tandi
took over the post as the 2nd President of NCR in 2196
She opened trade with other cities such as The Hub and Junktown
a move that her father was always reluctant to do
This eventually lead the Republic into a time of economic growth with some help coming from the Brotherhood of Steel
A new NCR money was created not long after, made out of gold to replace bottlecaps
It was used inside the Repulic, Vault City and New Reno
President Tandi focused on expanding the state and assure its peace and stability
to the point of abandonning some of its moral stance
For example she schemed with New Reno into bullying Vault City to make it come into the Republic
in order to be able to take advantage of the many pre-war technologies that were stil useable there
During the events of Fallout 2 in 2241
the NCR helped the Chosen One against the Enclave
a secret underground organisation that is directly descending from what was left of the American Commonwealth government
Not long after the Enclave HQ was destroyed
the NCR, alongside with the Brotherhood of Steel, tracked down and executed all people that were part of the Enclave
Later on, the Brotherhood felt threatened by the continuing expansion of the NCR
that now reached part of old mexico and the south of Oregon
An open war was declared with the first victories going to the technologically advanced Brotherhood
But NCR constant reinforcement in troops made the balanced tipped
and repealed the Brotherhood that retreated into their Bunkers
In the process
the Brotherhood destroyed vast reserves of the NCR gold making the NCR dollar’s value plunged
In 2241, bottlecaps had no more value in the NCR
But in 2281, bottle caps are exchanged at a ratio of 1 for 2.5$
President Tandi
after 52 years of presidency
died in 2248
The next person in charge was her vice-president Joanna Tibbet
The NCR continued its expansion to the east into the Mojave
Tibbet was booted out of office in 2253 after 38 NCR citizens were murdered in the Mojave Wasteland by local raiders
Wendell Peterson replaced her and send several battalions of NCR soldiers
into the Mojave to further expanding their frontiers
There, they met again with the Great Khans that they failed to absorb into the NCR
leading to open skirmishes that penultimate with the Bitter Spring massacre
There the 1st NCR recon unit was ordered to shoot everyone in sight
Little did they know that most of the Great Khans had already retreated to the Red Rock Canyon
The only people left at Bitter Springs were women, elderly and children
Most of them were slaugthered
This particular event was kept from the Republic press
Aaron Kimball
general in the army that lead most of the war effort in the Mojave Wasteland
was elected into Office in 2273
He was praised for having been a pivotal element in securing the colonization of the Mojave
but was also critized for being too focus on the Mojave
putting too much money into the NCR expansion there to the detriment of other regions
In 2274
NCR occupied Hoover Dam after having signed the New Vegas Treaty
A peace document with Mr House and the 3 families of New Vegas
that authorise 95% of the Dam electricity output to be sent to the Republic and 5% to New Vegas
In 2277
the NCR met its match in term of military power
Caesar’s Legion
They were quickly expelled from the east side of the Colorado river
during the battles of Willow Beach and of Arizona Spillway
The First battle of Hoover Dam occurred and Caesar’s Legion troops were repelled
after NCR rangers lead them into a trap at Boulder City
As of 2281
the NCR is now clearly showing signs of having overextending itself
Whether its from its inhability of keeping under control the NCR correctional facility that was taken over by its prisonners
Its struggles to actually pay or feed its soldiers and citizens
Or by its recents defeats against Caesar’s Legion in
Cottonwood
Nipton
and Nelson
Defeats that are not a good sign since the Second Battle of Hoover Dam is on the horizon
The New California Republic transformed itself from
a growing humanitarian republic
to an ever expanding imperialistic state with morally corrupted members
On the next video we will stop at Hoover Dam
And after that we will go the REPCONN Headquarters
Thank you for watching, and see you later