Also, they had mayors and stuff, a VERY clear class division and were technically under the rule of Gondor after the Northern Kingdom fell but Gondor didn’t really have the resources or urge to do any ruling over there. Once Aragorn was in they were essentially an autonomous zone under military protection in exchange for maintaining the local roads and bridges.
Oh god, I could make a really sectarian take right now, but I can’t
I could call you a spineless weasel who’s trying to imply an insult to our anarchist comrades without getting in trouble, but I won’t.
Do it
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