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Scandinavian country with a longstanding land value component in its property tax system (grundskyld), and a significant historical tradition of land reform thought and policy.
Baltic nation and former Soviet republic that, after independence in 1991, adopted a land value tax with no tax on building improvements — one of the purest implementations of Georgist fiscal policy anywhere in the world.
Pennsylvania state capital that implemented a split-rate property tax heavily weighting land over improvements. Widely cited as the most successful American case study of land value taxation in practice.
Hong Kong funds much of its government from land — the state owns all land and leases it, capturing land value as a primary public revenue source.
Australian state with one of the world's longest-running land value taxes, levied since 1895 — part of Australia's strong historical Georgist tradition.
The US state whose enabling law let cities tax land and buildings at different rates — making it the natural laboratory for evidence on land value taxation.
Pittsburgh ran a split-rate property tax for most of the 20th century and sharply raised its land rate in 1979–80 — the setting for the most-cited US study of land taxation.
Singapore's model of large-scale state land ownership and long-term leasing captures land value for public benefit — a quasi-Georgist system credited in its development success.
Taiwan implements a Land Value Increment Tax rooted in Sun Yat-sen's 'equalization of land rights' — one of the most explicit national applications of Georgist principles in Asia.