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 497th most in the world.

Today's World Census Report

The Most Subsidized Industry in Beleriand

Nations ranked highly spend the most on developing and supporting industry, a practice known as 'corporate welfare.'

As a region, Beleriand is ranked 15,861^st in the world for Most Subsidized Industry.

	Nation	WA Category	Motto
1.	The Free Land of Gondothlimbar	Moralistic Democracy	“Rejoice that ye have found it and rest from endless war”
2.	The Free Land of Gurthang	Capitalist Paradise	“Sword of Túrin Turambar, reforged from the Anglachel”
3.	The Free Land of Nienor	New York Times Democracy	“Tall and strong she seemed...”
4.	The Free Land of Hurin Thalion	Inoffensive Centrist Democracy	“Hurin Thalion”
5.	The Kingdom of Luthien Tinuviel	Capitalist Paradise	“And light of stars was in her hair...”
6.	The Kingdom of Feanor	Capitalist Paradise	“Eru Allfather! To the everlasting Darkness doom us...”
7.	The Free Land of Elenwe	Moralistic Democracy	“Wife of Turgon and the mother of Idril Celebrindal.”
8.	The Most Beautiful Mortal Woman of Morwen	Inoffensive Centrist Democracy	“Daughter of the House of Bëor, wife of Húrin”
9.	The Free Land of Amras	Inoffensive Centrist Democracy	“Amras”
10.	The Oppressed Peoples of Eol	New York Times Democracy	“...or I will set you in bonds”