Avan
I dont mind whete ots located or their names, i mind the plot, the grammar and the setting. These are most important to a reader, not whether its amaerican or not. K find that rather silly. What if its not of earth at all will he not read the story? Perhaps its a fantasy world or a scifi world with no relationship to our current world, will he then ignore it? Pointless.
Indonesia is a damn good choice. The islands also give him security and time to build up once doomsday hits. The islands also allow the author to gradually pace up the story. Indonesia is this regards is a brilliant idea. Alex is also a architectural firm worker so reasons that t will be easy for him to get access to supplies in this prep time and that when **** hits the fan he can do adept level base building.