The Welfare State is a state opposed to the notion of

A welfare state actively intervenes to promote the economic and social well-being of its citizens through public services, social security and regulation. That is the opposite of the laissez-faire state, which leaves economic life to the market and confines itself to defence, order and justice. A socialist state also intervenes heavily, and dictatorship or the modern state describes how power is held, not a rejection of State intervention.