DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CIVIL SERVICE AND PUBLIC CORPORATIONS Public Corporations are government establishment or enterprises set up by an Act of Parliament to provide essential services for the state. Civil Service on the other hand is a body or department which has the duty of assisting the executive in the...

We often use the terms state and nation (and even nation and country) interchangeably, as if they were synonymous. Although they can be in colloquial contexts, each one has a specific meaning that should be understood.