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> You are required and expected to have it on you at all times.

I'd be very surprised about that. That's a law most of formerly communist Europe has cancelled immediately after the revolutions

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Prepare to be surprised then as optional IDs are pretty much only a thing western countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_identity_card...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_identity_cards_in_the...

Bad reference. Again Germany: it's colored red, but the table clearly states that you don't need to carry it.

Which is the statement you tried to counter with your link.

Yeah, you need to have it, but you don't need to carry it, nor show it to anyone (including the police - they're supposed to use other method of identification if you refuse).

You need to have one, not take it with you,

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