The Most Serene Holy Empire of Nargothond is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Lord Ecthelion Felagund with an iron fist, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, soft-spoken computers, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 20.059 billion Nargothondians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education and Industry also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of FOR SALE. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Nargothondian economy, worth a remarkable 7,102 trillion Elven Pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 354,085 Elven Pounds, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,312,378 per year while the poor average 3,238, a ratio of 1,022 to 1.

The government is more interested in identifying problems than fixing them, at the edge of the final frontier space's biggest missile platform is about to unfold, loss of the ability to speak is a common affliction of the elderly, and music teachers are commonly seen busking in order to fund their music programs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Nargothond's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is WORSHIP YOUR EMPEROR YOU SLAVES.

Nargothond is ranked 188,938^th in the world and 249^th in Wintreath for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 422.88 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.