Controlled
Controlled adjective - Restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds.
Ruled and controlled are semantically related In some cases you can use "Ruled" instead the word "Controlled" as an adjective or a noun or a verb.
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Dystopia: Two of them: one ruled by the genocidal tyrant Toyo Harada and another controlled by Mother May I.
Source: Comic Book / Deathmate - The Magocracy: The lands controlled by the various Elemental and Totem clans are ruled by the mages.
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When I ruled against them, they assumed that one of their rival nobles controlled me.
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