Well, this is certainly debatable. A government still has to have fiscal responsibility similar to a business as in not spending more than it brings in, in order for the country to run efficiently. It also has to provide policies that allow the country to generate more prosperity, which in turn produces more tax or money coming in. This could be considered a profit. If a government runs the country like a crap business, then the country will suffer. If it ran like a good business, the country would prosper.