Vehicle registration plates of Brilliania

Regular Vehicle registration plates of Brilliania generally consist of 7 symbols on a white reflective background with a blue band containing the international oval EB to the left; they have been issued officially since 2006. The National Service for the Registration and Licensing of Vehicles (IELEZN) is responsible for the registration of vehicles and the issuing of drivers licenses.

History

Brilliania was the first nation to issue vehicle registration plates, starting in 1888 with a simple serial number of up to 4 digits on a white on black plate, which were affixed to the rear of horse carriages. The King owned the number 1 plate on his personal horse carriage. When the first car was introduced in 1902, front plates became mandatory except for horse carriages. Between 1905 and 1920, vehicle registration plates were issued every 2 years, continuing the all-numeric format. Starting in 1920, the format changed to a leter indicating the province and up to 5 serial numbers starting at 10000, although prior to the end of the system in 1982 most provinces added a serial letter after the provincial letter. License plates were provided by the owner, mostly done either by authorized private stores or by the police. Exceptionally, the letter Á was issued as a serial letter in Iparina. Motorcycles required front plates and rear plates. Since 2010, reregistrations of imported pre-1982 vehicles are allowed and use the old provincial coding system with the serial letter Z.

Regular format

The format for regular vehicles consists of 2 or 3 letters, followed by a dash and 2 sets of 2 numerals separated by a dash. The first letter indicates the province of registration and the second and third letters are serial. The letters C, I, O, Q, U and W are never used because of legibility issues, and the letters A, E, M and Y are not used as second letters, to prevent the formation of words considered inappropriate.

Provinces

In the 1982 system, each provincial authority received a serial allocation for the registration of vehicles.

First letter allocation	Province	Pre-1982 system allocation
AA - DZ, - ABA - DZZ	Kostegarba	K
FA - JZ, FBA - JZZ	Iparina	P
KA - NZ, KAA - NZZ	Otzaurte	T
PA - VZ, PBA - VZZ (excluding S)	Junguite	J
SA - SZ, SBA - SZZ	Saranegertu	N/A (S used for pre-1982 vehicle re-registrations)
XA - ZZ, XBA - ZZZ	Villogo	V

Sizes

Regular license plates either measure 50x10 cm, or 25x20 cm for two line plates. Motorcycles require front and rear plates; the front plate being 24x8 cm and the two-line rear plate 15x20 cm. Moped license plates are 15x10 cm with the serial on three lines and front plates are the same format as for motorcycles. There are two variants of motorcycle front plates; a sticker plate or an embossed aluminium plate, although some motorcycles and mopeds do not carry front plates and some mopeds use motorcycle plates. All license plates are reflective and are mandatory since 1967.

Colours

There are several different background colours. used on Brillian vehicle registration plates.

Colours	Usage
Black on white	Denotes cars, motorcycles, mopeds or trailers used privately or commercially, not weighing above 25 tonnes.
White on black	Denotes cars, motorcycles or mopeds used privately or by an organization of classic vehicle enthousiasts, produced prior to 31 June 1982. These vehicles use registrations from the former private series with the provincial indicating letter being followed by the letter Z, instead of the usual A, B, D, E, or F.
Green on white	Denotes cars, motorcycles or mopeds used privately or commercially, not weighing above 25 tonnes and being powered electrically. These were introduced in 2019 and became mandatory soon afterwards.
White on red	Denotes cars, motorcycles, mopeds or trailers used by non-profit associations, not weighing above 25 tonnes and for which taxes are not necessary. These are used by ambulances, police vehicles, fire service vehicles, charitable instutitions, non-diplomatic NGO's and mental healthcare facilities. These vehicles are also not required to have front license plates and sometimes just carry front plates with EZIK-KIVÉVE (exempt).
White on light blue	Denotes cars, motorcycles, mopeds or trailers used by foreign representatives. These use a different serial format (three numerals, a dash and three more numerals), although regular registrations in the Otzaurte provincial allocation are used for non-diplomatic embassy personnel. These are also seen with the text PROTOCOL and a single digit serial number, which are a form of vanity plates used on vehicles used for the transport of important foreigners.
White on orange	Denotes vehicles which are considered as "exceptional vehicles" by the IELEZN: this category includes vehicles above 25 tonnes, self-built vehicles, exceptionally wide (semi-)trailers, agricultural machinery and most vehicles which have a maximal speed limit between 20 and 50 km/h (except for agricultural vehicles), except microcars and cars modified with a speed limiter.

Insurance plates

A special insurance series is issued for handicapped transport vehicles, invalid carriages and small electric scooters with a speed below 20 km/h. Until 2006, the upper limit was 50 km/h and mopeds were included in this series. Since 2016, these license plates have been stickers applied to the rear of the vehicle. Prior to 2016, these were small embossed aluminium plates issued in annually varying colours. Both formats have the same size, 6x6 cm. The format consists of three numbers above three letters. These are issued by insurance companies in each province and the serial are issued randomly from a central pool - not serial like regular registrations. Only the letters B, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, N, P, R, S, T, X and Z are used, with the letters B, D, and F being reserved as first letters for small electric vehicles.

Special serial formats

Diplomatic vehicles

Diplomatic vehicles use black on blue plates with three numerals, a dash, and three numerals. The first three numerals are coded by embassy. The serial number 001 is always issued to the Ambassador.

Members of Parliament

Parlimentarians recieve regular plates with the reserved serial letter combination FPF (Funtzionari Politico Federala, Federal Political Servant), followed by a dash, and two sets of two numerals followed by a dash. FPF-00-01 is reserved for the Speaker of the Federal Assembly. There is no differentiation between members of the Federal Assembly and the Assembly of States. The seperate series is to mark the driver as being immune from prosecution because of parliamentary immunity. Once a parliamentarian loses their immunity, the FPF plates must be replaced by regular license plates.

A scandal erupted in 2019 after independent investigation by the centrist news site Brillian Bulletin discovered multiple incidences of vehicle registration fraud by parliamentarians. Some parliamentarians gave their FPF plates to relatives or friends and some parliamentarians covered their FBF license plates with fake regular series plates out of safety concerns. Most notably, former parliamentarian Ane Mentarrine always used forged license plates for her vehicles to prevent taxation.

Army

The Gudaroste uses black on white plates with the reserved letter combinations DL (Defentsako Langileak, Defence Staff), DM (Defentsako Materiala, Defence Material) or GB (Gudarako Blindatuta, Armoured Warfare) a dash and two sets of two numerals separated by a dash.

Government

Vehicles used by the federal government including the First Citizen's official vehicle carry license plates with three numbers flanked by a traditional pattern on both sides.

Temporary

There are three types of temporary license plates in Brilliania.

Car dealers

The first type are used for test drives and the transportation of vehicles which are unregistered or deregistered. These plates do not feature the blue band to the left, as these are not allowed to cross foreign borders. The serial format consists of one letter indicating the province, a dash, three numerals, a dash, and a serial letter. Instead of a blue band, the text PROBAN above VÍSZGARA is visible on the left-hand side, before the registration.

Lost registration

The second type is used for vehicles with lost registration papers, vehicles awaiting inspection or vehicles awaiting a remake of their registration plates. These are also occasionally found on recently imported vehicles awaiting a registration in Brilliania. The serial format consists of 1 letter indicating the province, a dash, and two sets of two numerals separated by a dash. These are either visible as owner-provided aluminium plates or printed laminated paper plates. In the latter case, the IELEZN website provides for a standard design for these paper plates which is downloadable. Some temporary license plates feature sentences such as "I am awaiting new license plates", "My license plate fell off", "I have lost my documentation" or "I have asked the government for a registration".

Export

The third type shares the same registration format as the second type but are used solely for export. These are officially made and feature a date band on the right side with two numbers denoting the month above two numbers denoting the year the registration expires.

Because there is a low amount of possible registrations in this format, registrations used for temporary or export registrations are allowed to be reissued.

Historical vehicles

Vehicles produced prior to 1982 are allowed to have white on black plates in a style similar to pre-1982 license plates. These use a serial format of a letter indicating the province from the old registration format, a serial letter starting at Z and progressing in reverse order, and a serial number starting at 10000. Saranegertu province did not exist prior to 1996, but it has issued the registrations SZ 10000 to SZ 10392 to vehicles at the Saranegertu Museum of Transport. The museum uses vehicle test plates for the outside display of vehicles.

Vanity plates

Since 2000, the IELEZN has allowed the issuance of customized license plates, which may at most have seven characters, of which at least one must be a numeral. The letters I, O and Q are barred. Vanity plates cost around 10000 Florrin. There are strict standards for these registrations before they can be allowed, including:

• No meaning which could be offensive including slurs or other negative terms
• No brand names
• No slang or indecent terminology
• No mimicking of regular registrations

The registrations may only be requested by individuals (not to companies). The license plates look like regular plates but additionally feature the entire VIN on the bottom in small letters.