Mordor

### Motto

One Ring to Rule them All, One Ring to find them. One Ring to Bring them all, and in the Darkness bind them

## Citizens

### Rank 4

LanceFyre99AlexW9

Lightning

The **Fourth Melkorist Empire of Mordor,** commonly known as **Mordor,** was a fascist state ran by MerryMerryJerry. Mordor was located mostly around western Indonesia. The capital city, Barad-dûr, was originally built by Empherian Sumatra, yet MerryMerryJerry conquered it and rebuilt it for his own purposes.

## ​History

### Colonization of Western Indonesia

Mordor was founded August 15, 2017. It quickly gained an alliance with the Ekhinine Empire, and began its first project, the building of the Dark Tower, Barad-dûr. On the next day, LanceFyre99 joined, and was made Minister of Sciences. Sometime later, AlexW9 and Lightning joined. Mordor also quickly claimed all of Sumatra, and made a deal with Greater Lazon on the partition of Borneo. Mordor further continued its domination of Western Indonesia, yet maintained close relations with Greater Lazon.

### Relations With The Socialist World

Mordor was the only nation who didn't recognize the Ekhinine Commune as the legal government of Ekhinni, still recognizing the Ekhinine government in exile as the rightful rulers. MerryMerryJerry specifically set up an underground resistance movement with Ggaming4u, and the two became close allies due to this. Mordor also took a more negative stance against Greater Lazon, due to it being Ekhinni's de-facto parent state, and Mordor even planned a potential invasion. MerryMerryJerry was a defining factor in the victory of the Royalists, and the setup of the Second Ekhinine Empire.

### Mordor's New Age

After the Ekhinine Civil War, Ggaming4u began pumping a large amount of funds into developing Mordor. Mordor expanded exponentially, claiming various islands around the East Indies. Barad-dûr was doubled in size and infrastructure, the constitution was developed to be the most detailed constitution out of any nation, the culture was cemented as independent from any other nation, and Mordor became a great power militarily. Mordor was on the path to glory.

### The Collapse

While the state was unoccupied for a few weeks, Mordor officially collapsed on October 29, 2017. SkylarWeston claimed that JerryMerryMerry was trying to break up her and Galactic so Skylar banned MerryMerryJerry and disbanded Mordor. Despite the nation's collapse, MerryMerryJerry declared the Caucasus the spiritual successor to Mordor; Gondor. Many pro-Melks believe a fifth empire shall someday rise from the ashes, yet this has not happened yet, and likely never will.

## ​Government and Politics

Mordor was a fascist state led by MerryMerryJerry, who has taken the name Sauron the Great. Worship of Melkor, or Morgoth as he is also known, was required. LanceFyre99 was the Minister of Sciences, while Sauron gavehimself command of War and Construction. AlexW9 was named the Mouth of Sauron the Great by MerryMerryJerry/Sauron.

### Constitution Act of October 2017

Sauron, on October 18, 2017, signed into law the Constitution Act, in order to create a more rigid government hierarchy. It is divided into three sets of articles, the Articles of the Powers (dealing with the power hierarchy), the Articles of the Vanguard (dealing with Mordor's stance on Communism), and the Articles of the Military (dealing with Mordor's military). The Constitution of the Fourth Melkorist Empire of Mordor is as follows:

#### Articles of the Powers

1. No Article can be repealed or edited, save by Sauron's decree.
2. Sauron's say on any matter is final.
3. The Grand Vizier is Sauron's most trusted advisor.
4. All new Grand Viziers must prove their unbroken loyalty to Sauron.
5. The role of Grand Vizier is electoral, with elections held every week.
6. A snap election can be held at any time by Sauron's decree.
7. Sauron has veto power over all proposed laws.
8. Sauron can remove a Grand Vizier from his or her role at his will. If he does this, the Grand Vizier must comply with the order.
9. Mordor has freedom of speech.
10. If Sauron chooses, he can abolish the Constitution and return to a full dictatorship, but only by referendum. Any citizen of Mordor can call this referendum, but only once per week.
11. All new Grand Viziers must declare their worship of Melkor.

#### Articles of the Vanguard

1. All political parties that Sauron deems as Communist or Socialist will be declared illegal.
2. No Communist or Socialist imagery can be placed upon Mordor land or water.
3. All new Grand Viziers must recognize the Ekhinine Crown as the legitimate government of Ekhinni.
4. No declared Communists or Socialists from abroad can be granted citizenship of Mordor.
5. All candidates for Grand Vizier that Sauron deems Socialist or Communist are removed from the ballot.
6. All new Grand Viziers must denounce Communism and Socialism when they are elected.
7. All new Grand Viziers must voice their support for the Party of Ekhinine Imperial Melkorist Unification.

#### Articles of the Military

1. The Military of Mordor must be kept up-to-date and large at all times.
2. All Citizens must be willing to serve in the Army if the time comes.
3. Defenses must be built and kept throughout Mordor.
4. Sauron has the Melkor-given right to create any military plan he desires.
5. If Mordor goes to war, Sauron can declare himself dictator at any time.
6. There can be no regulation or decree that limits the size of Mordor's military.

## Locations

### Barad-dûr

The Capital of Mordor, it is a tall tower, made of stone bricks, with plans for a moat of lava and the Eye of Sauron. It is the residence of Sauron, and also includes the automated chicken cooker. Barad-dûr was recently occupied by Ekhinni.

### The Morsir and Bridge of Morsir

The Morsir is the name Sauron has given the strait near Singapore, and the Bridge of Morsir crosses that strait.

### Durband

Durband is the name of Lightning's house. It is the only construction on mainland Asia.

### Durthang

Durthang is the name of the castle west of Barad-dûr. It houses MerryMerryJerry's Slimefun machines, as well as holds a mob grinder underneath it.

### Orodruin

Orodruin, also known as Mount Doom or Amon Amarth, is the volcano on Sumatra, and a location of frequent eruptions. It can be viewed from the Bridge of Morsir

## Culture

The culture of Mordor is based around the worship of Melkor, or Morgoth.

### Ancient History (Mythical)

#### First Age

Melkor ruled the world (except for the Americas, which were then known as Valinor and a crescent-shaped landmass) under the banner of Dor Daedeloth, from first Kola and then Iceland, where the volcano was once many times larger and known as Thangorodrim. However, when Valinor attacked Dor Daedeloth in the War of Wrath, at the request of Earendil and Elwing with the help of a Silmaril. The War of Wrath was, according to legend, was the most destructive war in history, with all of Beleriand (stretching from Greenland to England) sinking except for Iceland and Ireland, and resulting in Melkor being banished to the Void.

#### Second Age

Sauron, who had escaped the War of Wrath, fled to the Mediterranean (then dry land; west Africa was instead a sea) where he based his new empire in what is now southern Italy. The First Melkorist Empire of Mordor was founded around the year 1000 of the Second Age, and forged the Great Rings. After failing to trick Celebrimbor, he invaded and destroyed the mythical kingdom of Eregion (somewhere in what is now the English Channel) but failed to defeat the rest of the Free Peoples; the mythical nation of Numenor (also known as Atlantis by the Ancient Greeks) sent a large army and defeated Sauron, who fled back to Mordor. Later in the Second Age, Ar-Pharazon the Golden of Numenor invaded Mordor and captured Sauron, who was taken back to Numenor, where he corrupted the Numenoreans with ideals of Melkorism. He convinced the Numenoreans to invade Valinor, where they were struck down by Eru, and Sauron returned to Mordor, founding the short-lived Second Empire, which was defeated by remnants of Numenor (Arnor and Gondor.)

#### Third Age

Sauron bided his time in most of the Third Age, as Gondor prospered, gaining the lands from Spain to Poland to France to Egypt. As Gondor began to decline, and as Arnor fractured, the five Istari, or Wizards, were sent from Valinor to Europe to aid against a possible return of Sauron, who did eventually return, as the Necromancer in Dol Guldur (modern-day Black Forest, Germany.) He was kicked out by Mithrandir, one of the Istari, and he returned to Mordor, founding the Third Empire. Sauron created an alliance with Saruman, a fallen Istari, who was guarding the fortress of Isengard, and invaded the Free Peoples. However, the war would go poorly, as Saruman lost a humiliating defeat at the Hornburg and then was invaded by the forces of Fangorn, and Sauron lost at the battle of Minas Tirith, and was pushed back to the Black Gate. Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee, two mythical small men, had snuck into Mordor, and destroyed Sauron's Ring, ending the Third Empire.

### National Anthem

The National Anthem of Mordor, or March of the Ring, is sung to the theme of Red Alert 3, the Soviet March. The following is a sample:

One Ring's will,

To Greatness Beyond,

In our nation,

Will ever endure;

Destroying the West,

Ended ere,

The Ring's great Power,

Forever in Glory.

When Dear Leader,

Calls the Attack,

We will Answer,

In Fierceness and Flame;

Our Foes' Death,

Is our great Joy,

One Ring's Will,

Forever in Glory.

Ash Nazg Durbatulûk,

Ash Nazg Gimbatul.

Ash Nazg Thrakatulûk,

Agh Burzum-Ishi Krimpatul.