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.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." The European Commonwealth dissolved into bickering, quarreling nation-states fighting over the world's remaining resources.Fallout intro
==Mentions==
Game 	Text 	Ref
Fallout 2 	The Golden Globes works on a film featuring a French exchange student. 	Porn actress: "They've got me set up as the French exchange student from next door."(Porn actress' dialogue)
Fallout 3 	The Little Lamplighter Eclair and Tenpenny Tower resident Margaret Primrose use the French phrase "bon appetit." 	Eclair: "Bon appetit."(Eclair's dialogue)
Fallout: New Vegas	Mortimer at the Ultra-Luxe uses the French phrase "bon appetit" and his official title is Maître d'. 	Mortimer: "Fellow members of the White Glove Society, bon appetit!"(Mortimer's dialogue)
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. 	Cherchez La Femme
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. 	Dean Domino: "Used to open in Paris. Paris. Now this."(Dean Domino's dialogue)
Fallout 4 	Curie's personality was modeled around that of Liza, a French grad school fling of Kenneth Collins from Versailles. 	Vault 81 terminal entries; Collins Archive, Personality Profile
Fallout 4 	A terminal entry written by a member of the Brotherhood on the Prydwen mentions a chess move called "the French Defense." 	The Prydwen terminal entries; outgoing mail terminal, Outgoing Mail PEM787A-011
Far Harbor 	Andre Michaud speaks French while laying wounded in the Bait Shop of Far Harbor. 	Andre Michaud: "Must... find... Mon dieu..."(Andre Michaud's dialogue)
Nuka-World 	Napoleon's ceremonial parades across Europe are mentioned on a plaque in Wixon's Shovel Museum. 	Fallout 4 message box transcriptions; Wixon's Shovel Museum
Fallout 76 	During the Story Time with Miss Nanny random encounter, the Miss Nancy will speak French. 	Miss Nanny: "Petit a petit, l'oiseau fait son nid, n'est-ce pas?"(Miss Nanny's dialogue)
Fallout 76 	The Appalachian Liberty Bell was one of 53 cast in France in 1950. 	Liberty Bell inscriptions
Fallout 76 	In the Pioneer Scout badge exam, one of the questions mentions a French diplomat. 	Pioneer Scout camp terminal entries; Codebreaker exam
Fallout 76 	Scout Leader Jaggy mentions the French language. 	Jaggy: "'Pioneer' derives from the French word pionnier, which means 'foot soldier.'"(Jaggy's dialogue)
Fallout 76 	In the Pioneer Scout atomics exam, Francium is mentioned as having been discovered in France. 	Pioneer Scout camp terminal entries; Atomics exam
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.	Pirate Radio/Advertisements
Fallout 76 	Esme Rousseau speaks with a strong French accent. Her father was a chef in France before the War. 	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)
Fallout Tactics 	The Cheyenne Mountain facility offers a French language countdown for bomb launches. 	Cheyenne Mountain terminal entries; Bomb Terminal
==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.Capitol Post terminal entries; Capital Post Top Stories -- January 11, 2077, Food Riots Rile Feds 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.
* Fallout 2 mentions a Chateau Lafayette wine. In real life, the Château de Chavaniac, also known as Chateau Lafayette, is not a winery.
==Gallery==
FO4 Artbook painting 4.png|A painting of Todd Howard in Fallout 4, parodying a famous painting of Napoleon
F76 Liberty Bell Plaque.png|A plaque on the West Virginia Liberty Bell
==References==
Non-game
 
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ru:Франция
uk:Франція
zh:法国