Politically neutral guilds

Two interplanetary guilds in the universe of the Void of Earth's Solar System are officially recognized by most governments as legitiment, politically neutral forces that can serve the common good, including the United Earth Regime, the League of Planets, and most member states of the Outworlds Alliance. One is the Free trade Guild, composed of independent operators and owners of private spaceships who specialize in interplanetary trade, recognized as a leading source of economic prosperity, and the Religious Guild, which consists of many religious leaders from various traditions, who cater to the spiritual welfare or ordinary citizens, and they can double as an unofficial diplomatic corp promoting intergovernmental peace over war.