self-governing

self-governing
    adj 1: (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces;
           "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [syn:
           {autonomous}, {independent}, {self-governing},
           {sovereign}]
    

80 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-governing":
      absolute, aristocratic, autarchic, autarkic, authoritarian,
      autocratic, automated, automatic, automatous, autonomous,
      bureaucratic, civic, civil, constitutional, cybernated, democratic,
      despotic, dictatorial, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic,
      free-spirited, freewheeling, governmental, gubernatorial,
      heteronomous, independent, individualistic, inner-directed,
      matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic,
      monocratic, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartisan, official, oligarchal,
      oligarchic, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal,
      patriarchic, pluralistic, political, popular, republican,
      self-acting, self-active, self-adjusting, self-closing,
      self-contained, self-controlled, self-cooking, self-dependent,
      self-determined, self-directed, self-directing, self-dumping,
      self-governed, self-lighting, self-operative, self-regulative,
      self-reliant, self-starting, self-subsistent, self-sufficient,
      self-supporting, self-winding, self-working, semiautomatic,
      sovereign, spontaneous, theocratic, third-force, third-world,
      totalitarian