> I was under the impression that there were countries in Western Europe
where
land ownership is illegal.
If ownership of land per se, I'd be very interested to hear about it.
> Come to think of it, isn't owning what's ON the
land what's really important?
There's also the question of what's UNDER the land -- several W. European countries, I believe, have or have had nationalised mineral rights (terrestrial ones, I mean; obviously the continental-shelf rights are grabbed by the state).
Julian