The Sovereign Territories of Sanghelios, often shorten to the Sovereign Territories, is the official independant nation that includes the Sangheili race, their homeworld of Sanghelios and their territories in the Orion Spur. The Sovereign Territories are the second-largest military power in the Orion Spur, being one behind the Loyal Jiralhanae of Doisac but generally, their armed forces are better trained than the Jiralhanae.