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The '''Shire''' is a land in [[Eriador]], inhabited by [[Hobbit]]s.
The '''Shire''' is a land in [[Eriador]], inhabited by [[Hobbit]]s.
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The Shire was settled by the Hobbits in the 24th century of the [[Third Age (Middle-earth)|Third Age]]. It is divided into four ''Farthings'': the North-, West-, South- and Eastfarthing. The leaders of the Shire were ''the Mayor'' of Michel Delving, ''the Thain'' from Tuckborough and ''the Master of Buckland''.
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The Shire was settled by the Hobbits in the 24th century of the [[Third Age (Middle-earth)|Third Age]]. It is divided into four ''Farthings'': the North-, West-, South- and Eastfarthing.
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Hobbits were an independent, orderly people. It would be hard to say that they had any government at all.
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Among the Shire's most influential residents of the Shire were ''the Mayor'' of Michel Delving, ''the Thain'' from Tuckborough and ''the Master of Buckland''.