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
這個“福利國家”是有效征收國稅的優秀典范。在其他方面，瑞典用稅收為其國民提供普遍的兒童保育金、育兒假、醫療保險、教育（包括大學）、養老金和病假等。其國稅，包括增值稅（VAT——有點兒像營業稅）在內，占到個人財富的80%。與普通觀點相反，瑞典人對于他們國家的高稅收很認同——畢竟，他們國家為他們提供了高質量的服務，而且他們不需要為了生活而采取快速貸款這樣的極端行為。事實上，國家提供的大部分服務都是免費的，他們怎么不幸福呢？

宜家家居——世界上最大的家居廠，也是瑞典的。宜家的創始人Ingvar Kampard是世界排名第七的富翁（凈資產達31億美元），開一輛沃爾沃豪華旅行汽車。據說，看宜家產品目錄的人比看圣經的人還多，而且有十分之一的歐洲人都買了宜家的床。