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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_lands
I'd also guess that the Russian and Canadian governments are up there.
That's not anybody! I will be more specific, the Catholic church owns more land than any other private organization on Earth, but yes governments own more, and can seize land from the Catholics, too. It's happened before.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2021/07/24/vatican-owns-over-5000-properties-worldwide-it-reveals-in-first-disclosures-on-its-real-estate-holdings/
That's not an anybody! Anyway, let me be more pedantic for you... they own more property than any other private organization on the planet Earth (of the Sol system).
And the farthest west you go, the more the federal government owns lands. In some states like Nevada, the state only owns a small portion of their state land.
This caused a lot of problems when the state courts tried to protect Native American lands being leveled by the Trump admin because of his bullshit wall but the federal government just outright ignored them.
Russia being a dictatorship implies they have total unquestionable control of all of Russian territory, which would put them at the top of the list by a lot.