The Servant of the Shadow of Gothmog Lord of Balrogs is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Morgoth Black Hand with an iron fist, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 2.325 billion Gothmog are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thangoridrim. The average income tax rate is 70.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Gothmog economy, worth 112 trillion Flames of Udun a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 48,428 Flames of Udun, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Flatulent people are left to die of cancer at the end of hospital waiting lists, commuters travel in zigzags to avoid stalking accusations, drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, and the leaders of Gothmog Lord of Balrogs are given the nod by their predecessors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gothmog Lord of Balrogs's national animal is the Dark Fire, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Growing Shadow.

Gothmog Lord of Balrogs is ranked 40,020^th in the world and 1^st in After the Fall for Most Extreme, scoring 34.6 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.