They can be more extreme in character than a Hub, especially if this is the reason it is not as successful as the Hub (xenophobia, extreme corruption, mutation, bizarre faction, etc.).
It can weather attack better than a village and may even approach (but never quite reach) self-sufficiency. It has the highest population in the area and has some advantage that allows it to excel over the villages such as command over a vital resource or a good location. The Fallout universe seems to follow this formula in regards to population centers: small villages radiate outward from a regional city-state, connected by caravans endangered by raiders and dangerous creatures at every turn. Assuming that you have gone through Part Four of my How-To series, you know what I'm going to start off with. And by that, I don't mean making a control vault or a knock-off Megaton. Today, we will be working on how to make a quality location.
Hi there! Welcome to Part Four of Eagle oo8i's How-To Series (continued by MongoosePirate).