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> Name some of the countries where the legislative body has no limits to what it can pass into law
A good place to start would be to read about the Fish-Kroenig Parliamentary Powers Index. Those two guys are political scientists who scored every country in the world by how much power the legislature has.
I can't find a good free source of the whole text, but start at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislature#Power and if you'd like you can check out their study in book form at https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-National-Legislatures-Global-Survey/dp/1107602475
The unlimited powers are a matter of interpretation, court decisions, and informal practice. There is of course no country where the constitution reads "the legislature can do literally whatever it wants".
> and where the absence of a law on a specific act makes it illegal by default.
As I explained in my edit, this is a very literal and incorrect reading of my claim. From my edit: "Yes, it's legal everywhere to stand on one foot in your bathroom on Tuesday at 8 pm while singing happy birthday with a pencil up your nose. And it's also legal at 8:01 pm."