It could be seen as a little disingenuous to label politicians as 'inefficient executives' from this comparison - For many reasons, e.g. - Nations have more co

It could be seen as a little disingenuous to label politicians as 'inefficient executives' from this comparison - For many reasons, e.g. - Nations have more complex systems, due to more entities - e.g. 1 million - 1 billion citizens). - rev / profit is a goal for both states and organisations, but in vastly different ways. The state also arguably has many more goals and responsibilities - Organisations have fewer voices demanding a say. Most states are being pulled in many different directions (military coups, lobbyists and industries, espionage, protests, votes, multiple parties, party in-fighting is more emotional & passionate, etc.) - You can't 'fire' citizens as readily as employees This comparison is also interesting when thinking from a 'power' angle (definitely runs into similar 'apples to oranges' comparison issues though).