Partitioning Morocco: Sahara, Rif and Souss on a hypothetical map

The map that carves up Segarro and hands land to Spain

In the partition plan circulating through geopolitical rumor mills there is a golden rule: every player comes out ahead, except one. Segarro. The rest divide up a blueprint antiestéticaturing a new Sephardic state, an independent Sahara, a Rif with its own flag, the Souss region up for grabs, and even a newly minted Tangier. None of these borders exist. They all fit on a single sheet of paper and in one uncomfortable question: who puts boots on the ground?

Who keeps the Rif and who pays for the Souss

The most frequently cited piece is the Rif. The argument goes that an independent Rif would be pro-Spanish, though that label is more wish than fact: the region has carried decades of grievances against Rabat, and no poll measures how much of that independence drive looks toward Madrid. The most optimistic scenario assumes disintegration happens on its own; the most realistic requires a prior civil war and a military deployment. Holding new provinces or protectorates demands a physical presence and a domestic narrative that, today, does not exist.

From Ifni to the Canary Islands and the Sahara that wasn't kept

Another line of thinking revisits Western Sahara: Spain should have held on to a few thousand square kilometers that would now be quite useful. From there, annexing Ifni to the Canary Islands is a leap that only works on a back-room map. Over this partition also hangs the suspicion of hidden alliances and betrayals between blocs, asserted without a shred of evidence. When the map calls the shots, geopolitics becomes astrology.

No foreign ministry is working from this blueprint. So why does it resurface every few months?