ruled

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Ruled by the Danish-Norwegian union from 1721, and by Denmark alone from 1814, Greenland established its own Parliament in 1979 and achieved self-rule within the Danish kingdom in 2009.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Ruled with an iron fist by President Paul Biya for 43 years, Cameroon is central Africa's most diversified economy.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Ruled by the Hamas Islamist movement, it is one of the most densely populated places on earth and has suffered years of economic deprivation.

From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2023

Ruled for generations by the House of Saud under Wahhabism, a fundamentalist form of Sunni Islam, Saudi Arabia perennially scores near the bottom of most international human rights indices.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2023

Ruled by this coterie of dark spirits, Quebec became the scene of a profligacy unparalleled in her history.

From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon