Govern and Maintain

Govern

Govern verb - To exercise authority or power over.

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Maintain and govern are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Maintain" instead a verb "Govern".

Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.

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Govern and maintain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Govern" instead a verb "Maintain".

life	govern life	maintain life
state	govern state	maintain state
kind	govern kind	maintain kind
body	govern body	maintain body
Other words: society, world, authority, empire, existence, bodies.

The most common form of Puppet State are Vassals, which like Crusader Kings are subject to your empire but govern themselves and maintain their own militaries.

Source: Video Game / Stellaris
They are mostly left to self-govern by the other branches of Imperial government, even the Inquisition, since without the Mechanicus everyone else in the Imperium would quickly lose any ability to maintain a technological society.

Source: Emperor Scientist
They have a sacred tenant of their galactic society that the rules that govern the art of any member species must be preserved when sharing it with all other species, in order to maintain the unique distinctiveness of that contribution.

Source: Literature / Year Zero

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