What is the setting in this novel?

Uglies is set in a post-scarcity future dystopia in which individuals are forced to undergo mandatory cosmetic surgery so that their appearance matches the culture's beauty ideal. This future world has been created as a direct result of a lab designed organism that destroyed all the world's oil...... the destruction is blamed in their ancestors on greed and discrimination. This future society attempts to remove discrimination by providing a world in which everyone is surgically altered to become the ideal of "pretty".

Uglyville

The place where uglies, or children aged 12-16, live.
New Pretty Town

The town where new pretties live, notable for its beauty and its celebratory spirit.
The 'burbs

The place where middle pretty families and their children (Littlies, aged 0-12) reside.

The Rusty Ruins

The remains of an erstwhile civilization, located just outside the city, often used as a destination for school trips. It is also the place rebellious uglies use to signal to David that they would like to join the Smoke.