Talk:Mount Weather/@comment-30821862-20161223173911/@comment-27794543-20161223201349

While there is a strong indication that the Mountain Men are the continuation of the US government, the Sky People aren't. The Ark was formed from 12 stations, each from a different country. Since the nuclear apocalypse happened suddenly, there was no evacuation to space (unlike the books), so the people on board weren't government officials, instead mostly scientists. The Sky People are the continuation of a federation formed after the nuclear apocalypse, not the continuation of US government or any other country's government.