The owners of Elsie Components made a good faith effort to incorporate. Not realizing that all of the pre­scribed procedures were not followed, the entity established a corporate charter and entered into good faith business dealings in the corporate name with Miner Company. A valid statute exists under which the business could have been incorporated legally. Despite the defects in the incorporation process, an appropriate court held that Elsie Components was a corporation. What type of entity is Elsie Components?