User blog comment:BlackNumenoreanKing/On the population of ME/@comment-27097330-20160214022552

Something I've always found ridiculous about ME. Take Gondor for example. It encompasses the real world equivalent of Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Macedonia, Albania, Croatia, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Luxembourg and many, many more. Basically all the Roman Empire north of the Mediterranean and south of France and the Danube. They would need at least five times the troops they have in LOTR to control this much land.