what is the setting?

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Setting of a story is where does it take place? For instance, The setting in StarTrek is the universe.
The setting can often (but not always) include time in some way -- Star Trek takes place in the future; the play "Antigone" takes place in ancient times in Greece, but there's no definite day, month, year, season, etc., indicated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setting_(literature)