New York

New York is the 11th state in the United States of America

Pre-war
Before the Great War, New York served as a key state in the USA as it was a large population center in the US with half of its citizens living in New York City. New York was also a key military area with many military bases being stationed in the state for extra security. Vault-Tec also had a design headquarters in New York City where much of the technology implemented in the vaults were designed.

Due to increasing tensions in the world, in 2054 Project Safehouse was commisioned by the United States government in collaboration with Vault-Tec. These "vaults" as they were called were advertised as advanced nuclear fallout shelters that could send dwellers out to rebuild and repopulate the wasteland, but in reality, only 17 of the 122 vaults constructed were actually meant to serve their purpose. These vaults were called control vaults. The rest were all experiments conducted by Vault-Tec. Five vaults were commisioned to be in the New York City area due to the high population of the region. Only one of the vaults was a control vault, Vault 120. The four others, Vault 98, Vault 83, Vault 107 and Vault 113 were just experiments.

In October of 2077 food riots plagued New York City and rationing sites were set up all across the state. Water issues were also commonplace and the US government began to think that a riot was on their hands, so extra military forces were put into place in New York City.

Great War
On October 23rd, 2077 the world ended. Most of New York was spared from nuclear devastation but New York City wasn't so lucky, with the area being hit harder than most other cities. Fortunately for the people of New York City, the city was so big the Chinese submarines were destroyed by American bombers before they crashed into the ocean. The battle that took place in New York City is often referred to as the Defense of New York City. It is one of the only examples of the military being able to stop the missiles during the Great War.