The Ancient Empire of Funkadelia is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Dr Funkenstein with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 24.975 billion Funkadelians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal government prioritizes Education, with Healthcare, Environment, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Funky Nassau. The average income tax rate is 78.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Funkadelic economy, worth a remarkable 2,485 trillion Grooves a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is 99,514 Grooves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children are afraid to go out at night due to the ubiquity of hardened jaywalkers, the latest national park is visited by more sharks than people, military officials are questioning the policy of ceding the nation's territory in exchange for promises not to invade it, and the national economy makes a whole lot of nothing. Crime is totally unknown. Funkadelia's national animal is the Atomic Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Funkadelia is ranked 18,088^th in the world and 79^th in Carcassonne for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 3,388.93 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.