7. Sweden – 7.7 points
This "welfare state" model is an excellent example of effective national taxes. Among other things the state provides universal tax-funded childcare, parental leave, health care, education (including university), retirement pensions and sick leave. Including value added tax (VAT – kind of like sales tax), it is possible to pay up to 80% of your income as taxes. Contrary to popular belief, Swedes are quite OK with their high taxes – after all it gives them tons of high quality services and they almost never need to take drastic action like taking quick payday
loans just to make ends meet. In fact, most of the services for the public are free, so what's not to be happy about?
Sweden is also the home of IKEA – the worlds largest furniture store. IKEA’s founder Ingvar Kampard is famous for being the 7th richest person in the world (Net worth $31 billion) and driving a 15 year old Volvo station wagon. It has been claimed that more people read the Ikea catalogue than the Bible – and that one in ten Europeans have been conceived on an Ikea bed.

瑞典 —— 7.7分
这个“福利国家”是有效征收国税的优秀典范。在其他方面，瑞典用税收为其国民提供普遍的儿童保育金、育儿假、医疗保险、教育（包括大学）、养老金和病假等。其国税，包括增值税（VAT——有点儿像营业税）在内，占到个人财富的80%。与普通观点相反，瑞典人对于他们国家的高税收很认同——毕竟，他们国家为他们提供了高质量的服务，而且他们不需要为了生活而采取快速贷款这样的极端行为。事实上，国家提供的大部分服务都是免费的，他们怎么不幸福呢？

宜家家居——世界上最大的家居厂，也是瑞典的。宜家的创始人Ingvar Kampard是世界排名第七的富翁（净资产达31亿美元），开一辆沃尔沃豪华旅行汽车。据说，看宜家产品目录的人比看圣经的人还多，而且有十分之一的欧洲人都买了宜家的床。