User blog comment:Jeremiah Garland/Jeremiah's Depressing Predictions on the Future/@comment-7712254-20130614053923/@comment-3524871-20130614213500

Fallout is about 200 years after the bombs fell. Well, just Fallout 3 and New Vegas. Fallout 1 and 2 take place closer to the Great War. But the war is explained in detail, and also why the vaults were made. The Enclave in Fallout 3 isn't really America, and their A.I. President was never elected.