The Imperium Militarum Empire of New Nova Helgan is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Lord Valkorion Perugius with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.392 billion Helghasts are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Pendragon. The average income tax rate is 78.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Helghast economy, worth a remarkable 3,152 trillion Imperium Crowners a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 276,697 Imperium Crowners, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No one gossips with Lord Valkorion Perugius during diplomatic summits, community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, and dining out often involves Dragons on the plate no matter what you order. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Nova Helgan's national animal is the Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Theory of Chaos.

New Nova Helgan is ranked 17,471^st in the world and 29^th in The Black Hawks for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 8,593.89 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.