Belorin
Explorer
Gondor was hard pressed to keep it's own borders, once you got close to the Misty Mtns. it was fend for yourself. Some pockets of civilization had the presence of the Dunedain to help, but they were streched pretty thin. Places like the Shire and Bree were exceptions to the PoL rule.Doug McCrae said:The Dying Earth.
It's pure D&D. Step outside your house and go into the forest, you encounter three or four different monsters. There's also tons of magic items.
I would dispute that Conan and Middle-Earth are PoL. Although most of the world is wilderness (which is true of *all* worlds, including our own) this is insufficient. There must be no well guarded nation states, such as Aquilonia and Gondor.
Bel