governed vs people

governed and people both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
governed	Yes	No	No	No
people	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, people is a hypernym of governed; that is, people is a word with a broader meaning than governed:

Other hypernyms of governed include citizenry.

governed (noun)	people (noun)
the body of people who are citizens of a particular government	(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
	the body of citizens of a state or country
	members of a family line
	the common people generally

governed (verb)	people (verb)
	fill with people
	furnish with people