Vehicle registration plates of Sharqistan

The vehicle registration plates were introduced in Sharqistan in 1958. They are issued by the Sharqi Vehicle Registration Office. Whenever an authorized person buys a new car, they can choose if they want to keep the old license plate or issue a new one.

The international vehicle registration code for the country is "SQ".

Appearance
The current format is used since 2013. The plate is white with black digits; on the left of the plate is a sector bearing the flag, the country code (SRQ) and the year of registration of the vehicle, followed on the right by a district code and the type of vehicle. The final code is random and follows the pattern NLNNNLL.

Former plates
Former plates, used from 1992 to 2013, had silver digits with black background. They featured the country code, the district code and a random string, following the pattern LLLNNN.

Vehicle types

 * H (husuzi, private) for private vehicles.
 * A (avtobus) for buses.
 * M (juk tartuvći maşina) for trucks.
 * O (okomöt, government) for government vehicles.
 * V (vakinća, temporary) for temporary vehicles.
 * X for taxis.
 * T for trailers.

Typeface
The typefaces DIN 1451 Mittelschrift, Engschrift and Breitschrift are used on the current plates.

Special plates

 * Army plates use the code AX (with A being short for armija, "army", and X denoting a branch of the army [Ž for žer, "land"; A for ava, "air"]), followed by 5 digits.
 * Ambulances have white plates with red digits: QJV NNNNLL.
 * Police cars have white plates with blue digits: P-LLNNNLL.
 * The Presidential car features the national emblem.
 * Diplomatic vehicles bear a yellow-on-blue plate with the following code: CCC-NNNNN, with CCC being the code of the country.