Beleriand

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World Factbook Entry

"Beleriand, Beleriand / borders of the faëry land."
― Lay of Leithian, Canto II, vv. 399-400

Beleriand was the region of north-western Middle-earth during the First Age. Originally, the name belonged only to the area around the Bay of Balar, but in time the name was applied to the entire land.

Beleriand translates to "The Country of Balar" with the ending -ian(d) for places and countries. The OS form could have been *Balariandë (a slid to e because of the following i).

The element Balar refers to Ossë, who often dwelt at the shores (although this refers to the earlier legendarium when Ossë and Uinen were Valar of the sea, not Maiar of Ulmo).It was from Balar that the Teleri expanded and "colonised" the region of Beleriand, hence the name.

Embassies: Vylixan Prime.

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Beleriand contains 49 nations, the 496th most in the world.

Today's World Census Report

The Most Primitive in Beleriand

Nations were ranked by World Census officials based on the number of natural phenomena attributed to the unknowable will of animal-based spirit gods.

As a region, Beleriand is ranked 9,762^nd in the world for Most Primitive.

	Nation	WA Category	Motto
1.	The Free Land of Glorfindel and the Balrog	Capitalizt	“His hair was of shining gold”
2.	The Free Land of Rochallor	New York Times Democracy	“Great horse of High King Fingolfin”
3.	The Oppressed Peoples of Angrist	Capitalist Paradise	“Iron it would cleave as if it were green wood”
4.	The Republic of Turgon the Wise	Inoffensive Centrist Democracy	“Peace and Justice”
5.	The Free Land of Angrod	Capitalist Paradise	“Son of Finarfin, lord of the Ñoldor of Dorthonion”
6.	The Oppressed Peoples of Eol	New York Times Democracy	“...or I will set you in bonds”
7.	The Most Beautiful Mortal Woman of Morwen	Inoffensive Centrist Democracy	“Daughter of the House of Bëor, wife of Húrin”
8.	The Theocracy of Balar	Conservative Democracy	“The element Balar refers to Ossë, Maia of the Inner Sea”
9.	The Kingdom of Irime	Inoffensive Centrist Democracy	“Daughter of Indis and Finwë, the King of the Ñoldor”
10.	The Free Land of Thuringwethil	Capitalizt	“a Vampire servant of Sauron during the First Age.”