The Corpus Colonies of Funeral is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Queenright with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 11.89 billion Organs are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chrysalis Colony. The average income tax rate is 99.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Organon economy, worth a remarkable 3,277 trillion promissory osmoses a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 275,680 promissory osmoses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cyanobacteria is one of the most popular forenames in Funeral, the richest individuals apparently buy nothing but noodles and toilet paper, the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters, and droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Funeral's national animal is the Cyanobacteria, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Metamorphosis.

Funeral is ranked 776^th in the world and 1^st in The Glorious Evolution for Most Beautiful Environments, with 5,648.62 pounds of wildlife per square mile.