Okay, I'm now thinking islands, so:
NUMENOR. The Edain (and specifically Ar-Pharazon) considers Numenor, but turns to Melkorism, while longing for the Undying Lands. The island ultimately destroyed the light it was given, while its people overwhelmed all their foes, and its Downfall is not the End of Days. Numenor as a kingdom is its own master, which does not bargain with its enemies - and yeah, it comes, and goes.
Or...
FASTITOCALON, for basically the same reasons. ^_^ "Ah! foolish folk, who land on HIM!"
hS
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