Once the Sultan ruled over what today is Turkey.

The Diet is the chief organ of government in Japan.

The English sovereign is generally said to reign but not rule.

In Great Britain the king reigns, but does not govern.

That island was governed by France at one time.

The country was governed by a French noble family.

Spain once governed the Philippine Islands.

The king rules over the country.

Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

The reign of Philip II lasted forty years.