Cooper/The Ghoul says he found a number of Vaults specifically for "management", with several being in California and Oregon. The events of
Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1998) largely take place in northern California and southern Oregon, with The Chosen One (player character) originating from the village of Arroyo, located not far from the town of Klamath Falls in southern Oregon, with Klamath Falls being both a village in the game, and a town in real life. There were several vaults in this area that contained some of America's best scientists, and an oil rig off the coast of San Francisco served as a secret base for the surviving members of the United States government, including the President, who was also a member of the deep state organization known as The Enclave. By the events of
Fallout (1997) in 2162, and
Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1998) in 2241, the oil rig served as the headquarters for the West Coast chapter of the Enclave, with Dick Richardson being the Enclave's leader in 2241 and also claiming to be the President of the United States.
