The Jingoistic States of Helghast Shocktrooper Battalion is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Jorhan Stahl with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and national health service. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.601 billion Helghast Shocktroopers 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kaznan Colony. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 54.4%.

The all-consuming Helghast economy, worth 198 trillion Purezkis a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 76,451 Purezkis, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 270,614 per year while the poor average 15,594, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Newborns are being raised as mindless killing machines, political activists are routinely executed, safe drinking water is considered a luxury, and pirates armed with sonar-guided semi-autonomous torpedos and laser weapons systems are often seen capturing fishing trawlers. Crime is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Helghast Shocktrooper Battalion's national animal is the Helghast Spider, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Teuthism.

Helghast Shocktrooper Battalion is ranked 52,448^th in the world and 1^st in Helghan Corporation for Fattest Citizens, with 13.56 Obesity Rate.