Question: Where is handmaid's tale supposed to take place?
Disambiguated questions and answers: question: In what location is The Handmaid's Tale supposed to take place?
In what type of place is The Handmaid's Tale supposed to take place?
answer: Republic of Gilead
near-future New England
totalitarian state resembling a theonomy
theonomy
totalitarian state
Natural Questions answer: New England (from the Wikipedia article "The Handmaid's Tale")