I think it should take place in Chicago or even Detroit; it would be conducive to the environment of fallout I was not the biggest fan of the whole wild west concept...It came to be a little too much I think. not only has Chicago been mentioned before in f3 but it would also re - open the door for the same urban and sub-urban setting as seen in f3, certain areas could even be modeled after the pitt. I believe there are several reasons why it would not work in another country... Fallout is widly based off of concept from the 40s-60s (of the united states) it's my opinion** that The concept of it mainly comes from the technological race the US had with the soviet union as a nuclear war was belived a possibility at the time. things like the duck and cover book / magazine, cars, music, houses, clothing, certain wepon designs etc., the entire concept of nuclear war in the game for the most part comes from that era. even things like the "red chinese spies" or whatever in fallout 3 and in point lookout could arguably be based off the red scare which took place in american history earlier on as well. fallout taking place in another country would strip it of its distinctive style and change the entire fallout universe ultimatly straying us from its main foundations,humor, and over all style. it wouldn't be a fallout experience