I would agree that Elven society seems to utopian in its social structure. I would actually call it a utopian morachy, since the king/queen just seems to be there to keep an eye on everyone. I remember that FOTR referes to hobbits from "poor and unimportant families", so there is class among hobbits, though not class warfare apparently. Actually, Middle Earth might almost be considered anarchy (in the classical sense) since there just appear to be a bunch of autonomous communities, each with its head. Michel Delving has a mayor, so maybe there is some sort of democracy in Middle Earth, though not among elves.
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Isil was first wrought and made ready, and first rose into the realms of the stars, and was the elder of the new lights, as was Telperion of the Trees. Then for a while the world had moonlight, and many things stirred and woke that had waited long in the sleep of Yavanna. The servants of Morgoth were filled with amazement, but the Elves of the Outer Lands looked up in delight; and even as the Moon rose above the darkness in the West, Fingolfin let blow his silver trumpets and began his march into Middle Earth, and the shadows of his host went long and black before them.
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