The Valar had a Laissez-Faire style of system going on. Unless the People of Middle-Earth became so unruly that they needed to intervene. With that being said, here I go.
The Valar were not able to deal with the Numenoreans under the lead of Ar-Pharazon, who was being controlled by Sauron.
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Faced by this rebellion, of appalling folly and blasphemy, and also real peril (since the Númenóreans directed by Sauron could have wrought ruin in Valinor itself) the Valar lay down their delegated power and appeal to God, and receive the power and permission to deal with the situation; the old world is broken and changed. A chasm is opened in the sea and Tar-Calion and his armada is engulfed. Númenor itself on the edge of the rift topples and vanishes for ever with all its glory in the abyss.
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Tar-Calion and Ar-Pharazon being one in the same.
[ November 21, 2002: Message edited by: Durelen ]