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human
[A Series of Unfortunate Events] Where does the Series take place?

The constant use of English puns implies that it is an Anglophone country. The landscape is pretty varied \(cities, mountains, deserts\) which rules out most Anglophone countries except America.  However, when Klaus is told that Count Olaf is an actor he is surprised and implies that in this setting it is reasonable for people to still make a living off being nobility.

That's not even mentioning the anachronism stew that makes up the technology.

So what's going on? Where is it? When is it? Is it an alternate timeline?
gpt
According to Daniel Handler, official spokesperson for Lemony Snicket, "A Series of Unfortunate Events takes place in the city and regions surrounding it, during the week and sometimes on weekends. All The Wrong Questions takes place earlier, in a smaller town." Hopefully this answers your question.