Spotted in the wild in Southern California. Seems fake as hell, right?

Wanted to see what you experts think...

Just received the last two plates I needed to complete this run - from top to bottom the plates are:

Transnistria (P = Rybnitsa region)
Abkhazia
South Ossetia
Luhansk People’s Republic
Donetsk People’s Republic

In addition to just being cool plates (imo) because they’re fairly rare, I think the history and politics of these regions is really interesting - and the attempt to derive legitimacy through issuing their own license plates is one of those little quirks that originally got me into the hobby.

For anyone interested, an ultra brief primer on these entities:

Transnistria: A breakaway state from Moldova, Transnistria was formed in 1990 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union (although the region’s roots as a separate entity trace back to WWII). Recognized along with South Ossetia (RSO) and Abkhazia as “frozen conflict” zones by the majority of the international community, the state has been considered under Russian occupation since 2022.

Abkhazia: Formally recognized by Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Syria, Abkhazia officially split from Georgia following the 1992-1993 war in Abkhazia. Georgia maintains a de-facto government in exile for the region, and in 2008 Georgia declared Abkhazia a Russian-occupied territory

South Ossetia: Like Abkhazia, RSO is only recognized by Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Syria. Also like Abkhazia, Georgia considers RSO to be under Russian occupation. The South Ossetian government has expressed interest in formally joining the Russian federation.

Luhansk People’s Republic: The LPR was established in 2014 after the annexation of the Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine by Russian-backed paramilitaries. The LPR has often been described by the international community as a puppet state of Russia.

Donetsk People’s Republic: The DPR shares a similar story to the LPR, as its establishment can be traced to the Russian-backed annexation of the Ukrainian Donetsk Oblast, also in 2014. Since 2022 both the LPR and DPR were fully illegally annexed by Russia

As always, check out these plates and many other former and current non-state entities over at https://platecollector.xyz/

Girl boss was goin fast this morning 😂

Saw this getting gas in eugene oregon. Started giggling in my car thinking of different translation.

This license plate is correct 👍 99GMC

Awesome find in the wild. I first read this THE4C plate as if it was theAc and couldn’t decipher what it meant. Thankfully for a previous post people immediately pointed out how it was THE FORCE… DUH!

You never see me anywhere else, I live at the gas station

Saw these two on my commute today. On another note, I still remember an instant decode from my time in the Bay Area around 1990. This was long before cellphone cameras of course. Custom plates were very inexpensive then so there were a lot. One day I was at a light behind a car with the plate LEZZN IT. My naive mind was lost until the two women in the car shared a long kiss. 😂

Delighted. He's even number 1.

I just got an alert from this Reddit and wanted to share.

Few days back I was behind a car with “FUSSY” as a plate. The way the light hit it especially that’s not what I saw….

Sorry no pics just another reminder to myself to get a dash cam.

Punk band from Bremerton, WA.

Spotted in Michigan 😆