Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-29680750-20170806070151/@comment-25841881-20170810162741

Except by that logic, Dorwinion today should be paying taxes to Gondor. They were once a province, except Gondor lost all hold on it as time went on. The same happened to Calenardhon, and Dunlendings moved in. Except then Gondor decided to give their Northmen buddies some land.