The Pasco Free State (PFS) is a small nation on the Columbia River in what was formerly the State of Washington in the United States of America. It is a survivor community run by a council of the greater Tri-Cities area. The PFC comprises the cities of Pasco, Kennewick and Richland, and recently has taken control over the Yakima Valley, Walla Walla area and has an outpost as far west as Ellensburg.