The Empire of Hellghon is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Autarch Tendon Cobar with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, punitive income tax rates, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.716 billion Hellghasts 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 is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry, Administration, and Education are also considered important, while International Aid and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pyrrhus. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 71.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Hellghonian economy, worth 715 trillion Vektans a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 192,551 Vektans, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 796,806 per year while the poor average 30,548, a ratio of 26.1 to 1.

To 'cut off family ties' is no longer just a phrase, the government snoops on private internet connections, nothing says "moving forward" like sitting in traffic for eight hours, and a rebrand a day keeps the debt collectors away. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Hellghon's national animal is the Steppe Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Helga.

Hellghon is ranked 50,015^th in the world and 83^rd in Fifth Empire for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,956.58 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.