The Holy Empire of Shadow Land of Mordor is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, deadly medical pandemics, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 235 million Nazguls are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 29.1%.

The all-consuming Nazgul economy, worth 24.4 trillion Golds a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 103,743 Golds, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 420,633 per year while the poor average 17,032, a ratio of 24.7 to 1.

People who have never eaten chicken are told it tastes a bit like crocodile, people say that smog must be good for you because of its healthy green colour, the state believes that children are what you make of them, and the only place where one can see the Nazgul cherry tree is in a museum. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shadow Land of Mordor's national animal is the Orc, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Shadow Land of Mordor is ranked 284,061^st in the world and 224^th in The Brotherhood of Malice for Most Beautiful Environments, with 4.45 pounds of wildlife per square mile.