self-governing (adj.)
- absolute
- aristocratic
- autarchic
- autarkic
- authoritarian
- autocratic
- automated
- automatic
- autonomous
- bureaucratic
- civic
- civil
- constitutional
- democratic
- despotic
- dictatorial
- fascist
- federal
- freewheeling
- governmental
- gubernatorial
- independent
- individualistic
- matriarchal
- matriarchic
- monarchal
- monarchic
- neutral
- nonaligned
- nonpartisan
- official
- oligarchic
- parliamentary
- patriarchal
- patriarchic
- pluralistic
- political
- popular
- republican
- self-acting
- self-contained
- self-directed
- self-reliant
- self-sufficient
- self-supporting
- self-winding
- semiautomatic
- sovereign
- spontaneous
- theocratic
- totalitarian