Interestingly there was a country with free education. Anywhere in the world.
Yep, citizens could go to Harvard, Yale, Oxford, anywhere they could get in and the government would pay tuition, books, living expenses. Rather generous, huh! Better than forcing the nations children to go into hock for the productive years of their lives.
In fact, the leader of this nation used to say, "Every mans' need is a right."
Used revenues from the oil pumped out of the ground to pay for it. Yessir, regarded the oil coming out of the ground as belonging to the people.
What a concept!