Canada - much of the 'welfare' is paid by the province, not the federal government. The social assistance program is aimed at temporary financial need, and requires people to seek employment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_programs_in_Canada
http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/social/
UK: https://www.rt.com/news/uk-welfare-jobless-benefits-535/
Japan - Japanese society actually attempts to shame people into going back into the workforce: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/09/25/national/media-n...
I don't have time to go down the rest of the list, but my point is that there are few, if any places where somebody can get a 'free ride' while doing little/no work, and certainly no place that's nice to live in (I'm assuming that since you think workfare is a bad idea, you consider 'good' to be the absence of a work requirement).