Why a silly inconvenient card?
It would be far more practical to just have a rice kernel sized chip put in the wrist/hand or scalp of every individual.
In fact, do it at birth!
Sarc
It should go on the bridge of the nose, between the eyes.
It would fit right in with all of the other piercings...
To triangulate the person who is lost, best to have 3 small chips in the forehead that have antenna and look like
6___6
__6
wouldn’t even need that. Your central government account would be tied to your DNA signature. To do any transaction your hand is brushed by a DNA sniffer which reads the dna in your skin cells. The sniffer the connects to the central database wirelessly.
Or just tattoo it as a QR code . . . on their wrist.