governed

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Gene Krebs, a former Ohio representative and county commissioner who is now senior director of government affairs and policy for Greater Ohio Policy Center, a Columbus-based nonprofit, counters that the state is "wildly overgoverned."

From BusinessWeek • May 26, 2011

"We're still overstored, overbanked and overgoverned," says Rex Adams, a vice president of Mobil, which has laid off 13,000 petroleum workers in recent years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every immigrant of those days had come from what Freeman calls "overgoverned" countries.

From The Conflict between Private Monopoly and Good Citizenship by Brooks, John Graham

Washington's a most entertaining place; and here at least, at the seat of government, one isn't overgoverned.

From The Point of View by James, Henry

The first point of contrast with our present somewhat overgoverned society is the absence of authority.

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)