Federal Express is not part of the federal anything, yet nobody is confused by that.

I'm sure people are confused by that.

People get confused that the Chamber of Commerce isn't a government body.

	▲	em-bee 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		even more so as in some countries and industries membership is mandatory. but also, delegating certain responsibilities to non-govenment bodies does happen too. these then have quasi governmental authority.