Ah Ustwo, it makes more sense now.
Plus, after reading a little about the East India Company, I found a link to the 'Virginia Company'...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Company
Quote:
The Virginia Company refers collectively to a pair of English joint stock companies chartered by James I in 1606 with the purposes of establishing settlements on the coast of North America. The two companies, called the Virginia Company of London (or the London Company) and the Virginia Company of Plymouth (or Plymouth Company) operated with identical charters but with differing territories.
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So according to this, the USA as we know it today, actually started off life as a corporate enterprise.