Situated at the crossroads of Interstate 29 and Interstate 94, and bisected by the Red River of the North, the wealthy trading hub of Fargo, North Dakota (population 34,881 and growing), is a bustling postwar boomtown most widely known as the birthplace of the junk dealing Far Go Traders merchant house. A conscientious folk who honor honesty, industriousness, and hospitality, Fargoans are often stubbornly isolationist to a fault when it comes to the outside world far beyond their G.E.C.K. manufactured slice of heaven and the vast untamed expanse of the Dakotan Badlands around them. The abundant natural resources of their home created a burgeoning economic powerhouse, but the inspired autocracy of the Porter Family made the city state into a flourishing regional industrial giant. It's prosperity has resulted in a number of factories being (re)opened, most notably an automotive plant, in addition to the Blacktops being equipped with with high quality rifles and painstakingly handmade night vision optics. Founded jointly by a diverse community of wasters, ghouls, and dwellers (hailing from the local Vault 50) in 2097, much of it's history has, aside from rare dealings with opportunistic bandit gangs and curious mutated critters, been uneventful. 629 cavalrymen, colloquially called Blacktops for their black bands; patrol the perimeter of the city and venture out into the wastelands along the weathered concrete old world highways. Their unit specializes in horseback riding and long distance sharpshooting.