Why can't they just grow food themselves? Why can't they just trade with other settlements? None of the Brotherhood members really give off the impression that they want to become the government of the land they inhabit. Really it seems more to me that they are more focused on destroying...
I don't think the Outcast will last very long. It would have to take an incredible leader to get them to take on the east's brotherhood. Remember at the end of Operation Anchorage, when the commander of outpost lets you take all of the goodies his second in command kills him causing a small...
Probably not, they seem to still exist as an isolated group but have started to help the indigenous peoples with domestic issues. But in the sense of a governing body that collects taxes and passes laws? No, they most certainly are not the government.