The Perch is a Java SMP that is built to feel like a real Minecraft home with no resets. It is made to avoid toxicity and drama and the staff keeps listening to what the community wants.
The server tries to keep that true survival feel so it does not feel bloated. A lot of features can be toggled off if you do not like them. They also care a lot about farms and redstone so your builds should behave like they do in the base game.
There is a playtime ranking system so you unlock perks just by playing. The economy is meant to be fair and balanced and there are lots of player run shops. There are small gameplay tweaks to make things nicer and there is a web map where you can view all worlds.
They post weekly change logs and they run monthly events to help everyone hang out. The server version listed is 1.21.11.
