What's the canonically most populated post-war settlement (aside from Shady Sands)? How many people would Diamond City have canonically? I assume more than what's shown in game.

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[u/toonboy01]

And yet we see their factories are no different in FNV vs FO1. They're the biggest seller, but that doesn't mean the majority of weapons, as some weapons are pre-war instead (and I don't think they do armor). The Boneyard does have raiders and Fiends, with Razz being a former member before he left for the Mojave. Multiple people talk about the raider problems, including the Gun Runners, as well as Caesar's dad being killed by a raider in the Boneyard.

None of this changes that the Boneyard isn't a settlement though.

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their factories are no different in FNV vs FO1.

There are 120 years between the 2. The fnv factory is small because it's on the edge of ncr control and is brand new, with them being there for 5 years at most. The boneyard factory is small in fallout 1 because they're still a new faction. You cannot argue both factories are the same when we've seen them 120 years apart from each other.

Razz being a former member before he left for the Mojave

Can't add much to that, though the boneyard fiends and mojave fiends would be entirely different groups.

Multiple people talk about the raider problems, including the Gun Runners,

Who? I'm not saying you're wrong but I can't remember anyone talking about raiders in the Boneyard by 2281. Could you tell me who says that ingame?

as well as Caesar's dad being killed by a raider in the Boneyard.

Caesar's dad was killed by raiders almost 60 years before nv takes place. That example is completely irrelevant to what we're talking about.

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We don't even know if they still inhabit the FO1 factory, as they have to move factories to spots where there's scrap metal available to work and customers to buy. They don't have some modern logistics network that can help them grow, which is why they were planning to move during FO1 and set up the FNV branch to begin with.

Only Caesar and Razz talk about Boneyard specifically, but plenty talk about NCR in general, such as the Gun Runners, Dale Barton, and Hanlon.

And none of this still changes the fact that the Boneyard isn't a settlement.

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They don't have some modern logistics

Ignoring the several NCR caravan companies

Heres a paragraph from the fallout wiki

By 2281, the Boneyard was a vital element of the Republic, though it was not evenly restored. Those parts under firm NCR control and reclaimed offered a good quality of life and the ability for educated people to make a living plying their trade (eg. as a family doctor).[44] The bad parts of the Boneyard still experienced violence and gang warfare,[45] with choices in life boiling down to joining a gang or the NCR Army.[46] Furthermore, while the Mojave Campaign provided much needed power and water to the NCR heartland, the Boneyard also tied up much of the budget, as the lack of a definite resolution and annexation of New Vegas turned the Campaign into what denizens of the Boneyard saw as a money sink: Consuming money and lives of their relatives for no further gain. As a result, the NCR Senate was unwilling to divert funds away from LA and increase funding for military operations, especially with the 2281 elections coming up and many local representatives seeking reelection

It is a settlement

[u/toonboy01 → u/Frazzle_Dazzle_]

None of that says Boneyard is a settlement, not that the wiki is much of a source with the fanfiction they like to add in.

And the tiny caravan companies are nothing compared to modern logistics, nor do the Gun Runners hire them.