Grithion

County is a term used to reflect the gondorian term Grithion, an administrational unit.The Grithion was a portion of land ruled by a Grithon (S."Count, Earl") or noble attendant, usually a member of a noble family in service of a provincial Lord.Each gondorian province usually was split up into several Garthath, of which each again then was split up into a number usually three to seven of Grithionath.