Funky City existed before SARP. It was named sometime between 1995 and 1997.
Fun fact: It is named after Funky Monkey, a prominent Tymian leader and (OOC) stuffed animal, with neon colors (mostly yellow) and a hat, that was won at a carnival. He appeared on one of the Weslian empire dollar bills, like Black Puppy (aka Emperor Black Claw), Emperor John Whitman, and Emperor Big Froggy.
Many old imaginary play concepts got new life when the SARPiverse formed and the name Funky City was one of those. Before Nepleslia was its own faction it was used as the name of the adult content board.