Aragorn : Best King

All the ‘Aragorn has no idea how to rule a country’ jokes make me ridiculously, outrageously and hilariously cross.  1) Aragorn became king at the age of 88

2) he grew up in Rivendell meeting every kind of Elf, Dwarves, Men, even the odd Hobbit. He’s a scholar who speaks many languages, and there seems no reason to think his education in history, strategy and diplomacy was not extremely thorough. 

3) He ruled the Dunedain of Arnor as soon as he was old enough.  

4) He has previous experience of everything : Moria?  Done it before.  Redhorn Gate?  Done that too.  Wildlife of Eregion?  He knows what’s typical. History of Amon Sul?  Knows it. Tom Bombadil?  Recognises him on sight.  Secret routes through the marshes, pubs in Bree, enemies of Bree that Bree doesn’t even know exist?  Knows all that, has a plan for dealing with it.  Strong enough in terms of enchantment to be able to pull a hospital full of people afflicted with the Black Breath from their coma, and to rip the Palantir out of Sauron’s control and turn it to use as he wished.  Only needed a quick reminder about the Paths of the Dead, obviously he’s not too scared to use them. 

4) He’d been to Gondor before in disguise and become a great captain in the days when Denethor was young.  He knows Gondor really well.  He also knows Rohan really well, and rode with Theoden.  He may need to do a little catching up on modern issues, but since Denethor & Theoden are now dead, he’s got all the knowledge and experience that both countries have just lost. 

I don’t know how he is on tax codes, but that’s what kings have stewards for. 

‘Aragorn has no idea how to rule a country’ is like ‘Why didn’t the Eagles’ only WORSE.