User blog comment:D. Cello/Assassinews 03/05 -- ACWiki's Fan Section and AC3 first trailer/@comment-112.200.105.212-20120307084553/@comment-1888015-20120307185447

As would many people who want it to be in their own country. The fact of the matter is, it would only ever be likely that Ubisoft would choose their country if there was a time period that was interesting to use.