In India, about thirty years ago, you carried your American Driver's License, along with a printed ID card from the Indian Government that gave you permission to drive using a foreign license. They didn't issue you an ID, however. In Europe, I think you just use your US ID. In Kenya, about 25 years ago, they issued a printed card that you used with your US license. I don't know if it was the same card as was issued to Kenyans or not. But somebody would force you to stop and stick a gun in your ear about every 50 km when you were on the road, and none of them was ever interested in seeing your Drivers License. More of a cash transaction, really.
In Somalia, nobody had any documentation of any kind, even the locals. You just tried to avoid accidents and didn't stop for anything.
Thank you for the answer. I know that when on vacation in EUrope we just showed our Colorado license, but we were just there for a week or so. Do these illegals not even have a Mexican driver’s license?
Back in the seventies I had something called an International Driver’s License. Nobody ever asked to see it. When stopped by armed men claiming (accurately or otherwise) to be policemen it was good to mention that I was from Brooklyn. No matter where you go, everyone has a friend or relative there. As one rough looking character in North Africa said when I mentioned my hometown, “Ah, c’est la capital de les Etats Unis!”