France

France was a country in Europe before the Great War.

Background[]

In 2060, the oil fields in the Middle East ran dry. Both the European Commonwealth and the Middle Eastern powers were reduced to ruin with no victor.^{[Non-game 1]} The European Commonwealth dissolved into bickering, quarreling nation-states fighting over the world's remaining resources.^[2]

Mentions[]

Game	Text	Ref
Fallout 2	The Golden Globes works on a film featuring a French exchange student.	^[3]
Fallout 3	The Little Lamplighter Eclair and Tenpenny Tower resident Margaret Primrose use the French phrase "bon appetit."	^[4]
Fallout: New Vegas	Mortimer at the Ultra-Luxe uses the French phrase "bon appetit" and his official title is Maître d'.	^[5]
Fallout: New Vegas	The perk "Cherchez La Femme" is a French idiom that means "look for the woman," meaning that at the root of every problem is a woman.	^[6]
Fallout: New Vegas	Le Canard Apartments appear near Westside with the phrase meaning "the duck".
Dead Money	Dean Domino mentions that he performed in Paris.	^[7]
Old World Blues	The Sink Central Intelligence Unit uses French phrases/words throughout its dialogue, such as vis-à-vis and apéritif.	^[8]
Fallout 4	Curie's personality was partially modeled off of a French grad school fling of Kenneth Collins from Versailles. Curie also occasionally uses French words, such as "Monsieur/Madame," "Adieu," "Mon dieu," and "Au revoir."	^[9]
Fallout 4	The Sole Survivor can use the term "carte blanche" when in dialogue with Proctor Teagan meaning "blank document/card/check", but figuratively means unlimited discretionary power to act.	^[10]
Fallout 4	A terminal entry written by a member of the Brotherhood on the Prydwen mentions a chess move called "the French Defense."	^[11]
Far Harbor	Andre Michaud speaks French while laying wounded in the Bait Shop of Far Harbor.	^[12]
Nuka-World	Napoleon's ceremonial parades across Europe are mentioned on a plaque in Wixon's Shovel Museum.	^[13]
Fallout 76	During the Story Time with Miss Nanny random encounter, the Miss Nancy will speak French.	^[14]
Fallout 76	The Appalachian Liberty Bell was one of 53 cast in France in 1950.	^[15]
Fallout 76	In the Pioneer Scout codebreaker exam, one of the questions mentions a French diplomat who invented a code; the code in question is the Vigenère cipher, named for Blaise de Vigenère.	^[16]
Fallout 76	Scout Leader Jaggy mentions the French language.	^[17]
Fallout 76	In the Pioneer Scout atomics exam, Francium is mentioned as having been discovered in France.	^[18]
Fallout 76	In a radio advertisement for Appalachian Antiques, heard on Pirate Radio, a fictional Bohemian art show is said to take place in France.	^[19]
Fallout 76	Esme Rousseau speaks with a strong French accent. Her father was a chef in France before the War.	^[20]
Fallout Tactics	The Cheyenne Mountain facility offers a French language countdown for bomb launches.	^[21]

Known locations[]

Paris (mentioned in Dead Money)
The Eiffel Tower (mentioned in Fallout Shelter)
Versailles (mentioned in Fallout 4)
Amiens (mentioned in Fallout 76)

Appearances[]

France is mentioned in Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas and its add-ons Dead Money and Old World Blues, Fallout 4, Fallout 76 and the Wild Appalachia update, Fallout Shelter, Fallout Tactics, and Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel. The flag of France appears in the Vault Seller's Survival Guide episode Step on the Gas!.

Behind the scenes[]

A wine named Chateau Montrose was mentioned as being drank once by the U.S. president as of 2077 with no confirmation of it being a French wine.^[22] In real life, Château Montrose is a winery in the French region of Bordeaux.
Similarly, a Atomic Claret vintage is mentioned once, with "claret" being primarily used in British English for red Bordeaux wine.

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ Vault Seller's Survival Guide, Step on the Gas!
↑ Fallout intro
↑ Porn actress: "They've got me set up as the French exchange student from next door."
(Porn actress' dialogue)
↑ Eclair: "Bon appetit."
(Eclair's dialogue)
↑ Mortimer: "Fellow members of the White Glove Society, bon appetit!"
(Mortimer's dialogue)
↑ Cherchez La Femme
↑ Dean Domino: "Used to open in Paris. Paris. Now this."
(Dean Domino's dialogue)
↑ Sink Central Intelligence Unit's dialogue
↑ Vault 81 terminal entries; Collins Archive, Personality Profile
↑ The Sole Survivor: "Any means necessary? You're giving me carte blanche on this?"
Teagan: "You said it. Like they say, if you aren't with us, you're against us. Think you can handle that?"
(Teagan's dialogue)
↑ The Prydwen terminal entries; outgoing mail terminal, Outgoing Mail PEM787A-011
↑ Andre Michaud: "Must... find... Mon dieu..."
(Andre Michaud's dialogue)
↑ Fallout 4 message box transcriptions; Wixon's Shovel Museum
↑ Miss Nanny: "Petit a petit, l'oiseau fait son nid, n'est-ce pas?"
(Miss Nanny's dialogue)
↑ Liberty Bell inscriptions
↑ Pioneer Scout camp terminal entries; Codebreaker exam
↑ Scout Leader Jaggy: "'Pioneer' derives from the French word pionnier, which means 'foot soldier.'"
(Jaggy's dialogue)
↑ Pioneer Scout camp terminal entries; Atomics exam
↑ Pirate Radio/Advertisements
↑ A Vault Dweller: "Why did you become a chef?"
Esme Rousseau: "Oh, well, I've loved cooking for as long as I can remember! My Papa was an amazing chef in France, and together we would cook meals for Maman. Dinner time was our favorite time together. I had dreams of owning my own restaurant one day, but alas that was not in the cards for me. However, I do so enjoy making food for everyone here at the Refuge. I like to think that my meals bring a touch of humanity back into the world."
(Esme Rousseau's dialogue)
↑ Cheyenne Mountain terminal entries; Bomb Terminal
↑ Capitol Post terminal entries; Capital Post Top Stories -- January 11, 2077, Food Riots Rile Feds

Non-game

↑ Fallout Bible 0: "2054: The Euro-Middle Eastern War ends as the oil fields in the Middle East run dry... there is no longer a goal in the conflict, and both sides are reduced almost to ruin."

Pre-War countries

Africa

Congo · Egypt · Ethiopia · Tanzania

Asia

China · India · Iraq · Japan · Kuwait · Mongolia · Oman · Taiwan · Turkey · Vietnam

Australia

Europe

Austria · Belgium · Czechia · Denmark (Greenland) · France · Germany · Greece · Ireland · Italy · Romania · Spain · Soviet Union · Switzerland · Turkey · United Kingdom

North America

The Bahamas · Canada · Mexico · United States of America

South America

Venezuela

[1] Vault Seller's Survival Guide, Step on the Gas!

[3] Fallout intro

[4] Porn actress: "They've got me set up as the French exchange student from next door."
(Porn actress' dialogue)

[5] Eclair: "Bon appetit."
(Eclair's dialogue)

[6] Mortimer: "Fellow members of the White Glove Society, bon appetit!"
(Mortimer's dialogue)

[7] Cherchez La Femme

[8] Dean Domino: "Used to open in Paris. Paris. Now this."
(Dean Domino's dialogue)

[9] Sink Central Intelligence Unit's dialogue

[10] Vault 81 terminal entries; Collins Archive, Personality Profile

[11] The Sole Survivor: "Any means necessary? You're giving me carte blanche on this?"
Teagan: "You said it. Like they say, if you aren't with us, you're against us. Think you can handle that?"
(Teagan's dialogue)

[12] The Prydwen terminal entries; outgoing mail terminal, Outgoing Mail PEM787A-011

[13] Andre Michaud: "Must... find... Mon dieu..."
(Andre Michaud's dialogue)

[14] Fallout 4 message box transcriptions; Wixon's Shovel Museum

[15] Miss Nanny: "Petit a petit, l'oiseau fait son nid, n'est-ce pas?"
(Miss Nanny's dialogue)

[16] Liberty Bell inscriptions

[17] Pioneer Scout camp terminal entries; Codebreaker exam

[18] Scout Leader Jaggy: "'Pioneer' derives from the French word pionnier, which means 'foot soldier.'"
(Jaggy's dialogue)

[19] Pioneer Scout camp terminal entries; Atomics exam

[20] Pirate Radio/Advertisements

[21] A Vault Dweller: "Why did you become a chef?"
Esme Rousseau: "Oh, well, I've loved cooking for as long as I can remember! My Papa was an amazing chef in France, and together we would cook meals for Maman. Dinner time was our favorite time together. I had dreams of owning my own restaurant one day, but alas that was not in the cards for me. However, I do so enjoy making food for everyone here at the Refuge. I like to think that my meals bring a touch of humanity back into the world."
(Esme Rousseau's dialogue)

[22] Cheyenne Mountain terminal entries; Bomb Terminal

[23] Capitol Post terminal entries; Capital Post Top Stories -- January 11, 2077, Food Riots Rile Feds

[2] Fallout Bible 0: "2054: The Euro-Middle Eastern War ends as the oil fields in the Middle East run dry... there is no longer a goal in the conflict, and both sides are reduced almost to ruin."

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