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⚜️[b][color=#838A46]THE NORTHERN PROVINCE[/color][/b]
[b]Capitol:[/b] Shreve’s Port 
[b]Governor:[/b] Stanley Cassom
[b]Basic Information:[/b]
Most of Northern Louisiana is flat farmland. It has a few waterways, but it lacks the swamps of its Southern brethren. Most of the citizens make their money off of hunting, river-bound trading, or farming. The wildlife is more normal here than the rest of the state, and the ground is capable of growing a variety of vegetables. Shreve’s Port is a massive trading post with more northern states, and as such is only beaten by the Big Easy in imports and exports. It’s a dilapidated metropolis but heavily trafficked. Governor Stanley Cassom runs his territory fairly but loosely. He’s well-liked, but there’s a deep criminal underground. He has enforcement in a mixture of robots, military-oriented ghouls, and a constant influx of humans looking for an easier life.The Northern Province is the only one of the five territories without its own militia.

⚜️[b][color=#838A46]CENTERLAND[/color][/b]
[b]Capitol:[/b] Alexandria
[b]Governor:[/b] Argenon Beauregard
[b]Basic Information:[/b]
If the Northern Province was rich with plains, Centerland is with trees. Though long since dead from the Great War, there are so many and they’re so tightly wound together--many a person has lost their life here. Though, there is a tale of a massive tree in the middle of the Centerland’s great forest, one that harbors plantlife and clean water. There’s also talk about the ForestClaw, much like the DeathClaw, but instead made from the wood. Alexandria is much smaller than Shreve’s Port but it does have a tight community. Their economy mostly has to do with carpentry, crafts, and life-saving herbs. They even craft their own holistic stimpaks. The people are happy here, and there’s no mention of crime. Actually, there’s [i]eerily[/i] no mention. If the Northern Provinces lean heavy into the old-timey Southern aesthetic, Centerland sticks to its roots of painful 2077. Rumors are that Governor Argenon Beauregard is a delightful man, and he will see anyone that wishes to visit him at the Green Ranches. They are not as posh as the other sections. But, he does try. Centerland’s militia is called the Longleaf Alliance. There doesn’t seem to be many of them, but they all seem to be highly trained. They’re also fond of green berets and little pins with gold leaves on them.

⚜️[b][color=#838A46]ACADIANA[/color][/b]
[b]Capitol:[/b] Lafayette
[b]Governor:[/b] Governor Madeline DeBourges
[b]Basic Information:[/b]
Acadiana is mostly uninhabited swamplands and the prime home to the silverfish. This has made the people of Acadiana very skilled hunters and very immune to loss and depression. Yet, in that, they’ve become stronger. Home to the largest Brotherhood of Steel complex in their state, Acadiana never thirsts for protection--and much less for technology. They’ve created complex pulley systems and built most of their newer structures in the dense trees above swampland. Lafayette is built on top of the PreWar city as it flooded many [i]many[/i] years ago. It’s a booming metropolis and easy to reach from land. Honestly, most of Acadiana is like that. It was also home to the only vault in Louisiana, Vault 76, until five years ago when it was blown up by the Brotherhood of Steel. Governor Madeline DeBourges doesn’t take visitors. Instead, Elder Armand Dechard tends to most of the visitors in Arcandiana.

⚜️[b][color=#838A46]THE GREAT ORLEANS[/color][/b]
[b]Capitol:[/b] The Big Easy
[b]Governor:[/b] President Jean-Napoleon Arceneaux
[b]Basic Information:[/b]
A metropolis of business, advanced technology, trading, and weapons. Unlike Acadiana, Great Orleans overcame their flooding issues with the rise in pump technology, which keeps their city free of ocean and swamp water. It also purifies it and redistributes it back to the population--wink nod, that’s how they’re so rich. They’re also one of the largest exporters and importers in the state and probably the entire Gulf Commonwealth. While they are the smallest of the territories, they have a dense population of educated, well-bred humans. And while Great Orleans is open to people, the Big Easy itself requires a thorough check of one’s person or a writ allowing them in. Great Orleans also has a radigators, mirelurks, and silverfish problem. Yet, unlike Arcadiana, these are dealt with via a paramilitary organization known as the Saints. They are personally run by Jean-Napoleon Arceneaux’s wife, Marie-Annie Arceneaux. Unlike Centerland, people know why crime is eerily quiet. President Jean-Napolean Arceneaux rules with an iron fist and removes all obstacles in front of him. But he’s a fair ruler, and he doesn’t do things without cause. Most of the population of Great Orleans--hell, the state--like him quite a bit. He’s insanely charismatic and relatable.

⚜️[b][color=#838A46]FLORIDA PARISHES[/color][/b]
[b]Capitol: [/b]Hammond
[b]Governor:[/b] Traitor Rose Pemberton
[b]Basic Information:[/b]
The Florida Parishes have managed to go to war with the Great Orleans, and vis-a-vis the entire state of Louisiana. No one knows [i]how[/i] this happened, just that one day the king asked for Rose Pemberton’s head. Currently, the border between Great Orleans and Acadiana is closed to the Florida Parishes. It’s been that way for a few years now. What is known about them is that they have abundant farmlands and lack a lot of the problems that the swampier areas face. They do, unfortunately, have more super mutants than most--and with the loss of the Brotherhood of Steel, it’s unknown the current state of things. They’re home to farmers and refugees from other states that seek some sort of stability. Before the war, they were a massive melting pot of different species and people from different places. And they’re the only place in Louisiana that has three [i]functioning[/i] military bases. Beyond the Brotherhood of Steel, they’re the only ones with vertibirds, keeping themselves well armed all of the time. They also have their own militia, the Pine Pioneers. Though the name sounds cute, they’re filled with trained soldiers and well-oiled weapons. People would speak highly of Rose Pemberton before the exile and the subsequent war. No one really knows why it started, but according to the President, she committed a grave and unspeakable atrocity.

⚜️[b][color=#838A46]VAULT 76[/color][/b]
Louisiana's only vault, well only [i]known[/i] vault, and the place responsible for the silverfish. If the west coast had its centers for FEV (Forced Evolutionary Virus) that created the supermutants, the South has their FEV which created the silverfish. In an attempt to create a race that could live in the water and be prime soldiers that moved through the swampland undetected, the people of Vault 76 were used as test subjects while only a small group of scientists tended to the experiment. As one can imagine, that went awry and the silverfish took over and escaped. Much like their super mutant counterpart, they are sterile, leading them to kidnap humans and take them to Vault 76. This ended five years ago when the Brotherhood of Steel was able to infiltrate it and blow it up--leading to the death of many of its members.

⚜️[b][color=#838A46]DUMP TOWN[/color][/b]
 A small settlement located in a former rubbish dump. The mountains of waste provide solid protection to the inhabitants with a large metal gate used as an entrance on one side. Located several miles from Shreve's Port in The Northern Province.
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[indent]⚜️[b][color=#838A46]SILVERFISH[/color][/b]
If the supermutants are known for being giant, hulking monsters, then the silverfish are quiet, dextrous creatures that are rarely ever seen. They are still humanoid in appearance, but their bodies are a deep gray and they sport many fins and webbed feet and fingers. They have sharp claws, capable of gouging and slitting quite easily. Their heads resemble an anglerfish in the way their eyes are small and dark, and most of their face is a zigzag of sharp, flesh-rending teeth. They are also capable of unhinging their jaws and devouring prey whole. Which wouldn’t be terrifying for humans, if it wasn’t discovered that Silverfish can grow to be as large as cars or houses. Even if the swamp wasn’t irradiated, it’s highly discouraged to swim in there or take a small, motorless boat. They’re smarter than supermutants, which is seen in their trap building, as they are capable of luring prey in by creating a fake situation in which someone needs help. Still, they aren’t capable of speech or thoughts beyond survival. They’ve long since stopped being human.

⚜️[b][color=#838A46]RADIGATORS[/color][/b]
Alligators that have been mutated into brahmin sized beasts capable of plowing through structures and devouring entire herds of said brahmin. They are huge, tumor covered, and vicious. They also solely stay to the swamplands and don’t venture much beyond them. It is rumored that silverfish hunt them for food on occasion, and that’s the only reason they haven’t managed to destroy swampy territories like Acadiana and Greater Orleans. But there are other rumors that the silverfish are breeding them and cultivating them for a takeover on land. Who knows. What is known is that one cannot outrun one, they can just pray to outgun them.

⚜️[b][color=#838A46]FOREST CLAW[/color][/b]
No one really knows if this creature exists or not, and if it does, how it came into existence. What is rumored is the fact that it’s a mixture of a deathclaw and plantlife. Possibly created to have natural camouflage in heavily wooded areas, no one can really pinpoint [i]why[/i] it was created other than to terrorize people. The only known proof that forest claws exist, is that occasionally a person will wander into the woods and discover a body hanging from a spiderweb-like construction of vines and wood, and their abdomens having burst from some sort of insane plantlife that had been embedded into them. That plantlife is untouched by radiation and fully alive. Many believe the forest claw is doing this to help restart the ecosystem. Doesn’t stop it from being terrifying as hell.[/indent]

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[indent]⚜️[b][color=#838A46]BROTHERHOOD OF STEEL[/color][/b]
This chapter was founded by the Eastern branch of the BoS. So, as such, they’re a little more relaxed when it comes to recruitment and sharing of technology. That being said, the previous Elder was very strict when it came to the dissemination of information, which led to a general distrust by the populace. Elder Armand Dechard has been trying hard to win back the populace, but with little progress. The BoS’s numbers are low here, given that recruitment methods have gone poorly here, and many of their members die before they can produce heirs to their position. Fortunately, to make up for that they have a wealth of technology and information that other chapters of their order do not have. Before the destruction of Vault 76, they were able to raid it and procure a lot of Pre War schematics and literature. The BoS are also helpful in the area by scouting, raiding silverfish nests, and guarding Governor-Sanctioned caravans.

⚜️[b][color=#838A46]SWAMP DOGS[/color][/b]
A group of raiders that have actually become a legitimate thread in the swamplands. Their numbers grow almost daily and somehow they’ve managed to get a hold of updated equipment and new-ish weapons. It is believed that they have a permanent base somewhere in Centerland or Acadiana, as a lot of that land goes unused and undiscovered. They’re led by an enigmatic man who only calls himself Charming Charlie. Oddly, enough one of their few altruistic moves is taking in orphaned children of the swamplands.

⚜️[b][color=#838A46]THE GOSPEL OF MIKE[/color][/b]
Religion can get fairly radical down here in the swamplands, but there’s nothing so unbelievable yet tangible as the Gospel of Mike. Mike is a telepathic dog capable of starting fires with his mind. You may scoff at this, but many a skeptic have gone to see Mike and been changed by what they’ve seen there. The Brotherhood leaves the entire faction alone--proving it to be false would have a small army at their door, and they don’t want to think about the ramifications if it’s true. Mike was there before the bombs dropped, and a human to hear the tale of it. And he swore he died, but he was reborn in this land many [i]many[/i] years later in this form, but gifted with powers given to him from the Great Beyond. It goes on like that for a while. One shouldn’t cross them. They’re fanatical to the point of being sadistic, and if you believe the rumors a dog can light you on fire with his mind.

⚜️[b][color=#838A46]THE CURIOSITY GANG[/color][/b]
Probably the oddest of the large, well-known factions, the Curiosity Gang manages to beat out the Brotherhood for most destructive, yet most helpful. A mixture of para-militia, intellectuals, and people who just honestly want to figure out “what the front door” is going on, they roam the swamplands in search of information about the Pre War times. They’ll go to great lengths to find it, and in their pursuit, they may have destroyed a settlement or two. They didn't mean to, promise. The Curiosity Gang makes their home in Centerland, in Alexandria proper. The Governor doesn’t pay them much mind as they do invite tourists to visit them. They have a museum set up there. The means in which they managed to gather the information presented there is questionable, but the content is not. Just don’t touch the displays. No. Seriously. You will be shot.

⚜️[b][color=#838A46]THE FORSAKEN IDEALISTS (FORMERLY)[/color][/b]
The Forsaken Idealists was a name given to a group of human supremacists with a core belief that all sapient non-humans were abandoned to suffer a pitiful, false, and meaningless existence by God. It was their 'God given responsibility' to 'ease their suffering or give purpose to the poor souls' by enslaving any they would encounter and killing those who would resist.

⚜️[b][color=#838A46]THE HUNTERS[/color][/b]
A group of mercenaries who, as the name suggests, excel at hunting. Whether it is finding an individual or a creature in the post-apocalyptic world, The Hunters are capable enough to hunt what they are paid to.
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