The Republic of Alqulonde is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Olwë with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.712 billion Alqualondeans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tirion-upon-Túna. The average income tax rate is 72.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Alqulondean economy, worth 169 trillion Ringwraiths a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,928 Ringwraiths, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is a clear-cut case of tyranny by majority, euthanasia is illegal, disaster victims are viewed with disdain, and diplomatic missions typically end with a flurry of childish insults, accusations and phlegm. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alqulonde's national animal is the Ostrich, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Judaism.

Alqulonde is ranked 227,711^th in the world and 8,649^th in The North Pacific for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens, with 41.19 Whatever.