Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25954624-20150115004105/@comment-25764431-20150224010723

Thorin Stonehelm wrote: Mordor could be China. Think about it they both have oppresive governments. they have massive militaries, and they produce a lot of items that are made en masse but are cheap and not the best but for mordor instead of being a bunch of random everday items it is weapons and armor.

mordor = all evil dictated countries/ empires/ aliiences. Tolkien didnt subject it to one countries evil, but all evil.