The Coolocity of Elvis Costello is a mammoth, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory vegetarianism, free-roaming dinosaurs, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 8.146 billion Elvis Costelloans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of London. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Elvis Costelloan economy, worth a remarkable 1,001 trillion Hats a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 122,965 Hats, with the richest citizens earning 9.3 times as much as the poorest.

People with dyslexia are told to tough through it, Leader's speeches are beloved by insomniacs, citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, and you can't make an omelet without breaking a few legs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elvis Costello's national animal is the Opossum, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Elvis Costello is ranked 264,775^th in the world and 8^th in New York for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 26.69 on the Bus Surprisal Index.