The fictional homeland of the Hobbits in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is called the Shire.
The Shire is a settled region in the northwest of Middle-earth. It contains Hobbit communities such as Hobbiton, Bywater, Tuckborough, and Michel Delving. Bilbo and Frodo Baggins live at Bag End in Hobbiton, which is one of the story’s best-known locations.
The Shire is governed through local customs and offices rather than an elaborate centralized monarchy. Its peaceful rural life contrasts with the wars and political struggles taking place elsewhere in Middle-earth. That contrast gives the Ring quest a personal and domestic starting point.
Bree is another settlement in Eriador, and Frodo’s company stops there at the Prancing Pony. Rivendell is the Elven refuge where the Fellowship is formed. Eriador is the larger geographical region containing the Shire, so none of those names is a synonym for the Hobbits’ homeland.