Exactly. There are a few urban areas, a few tiny villages, and a lot of nothing but desert. We have satellite pictures of that desert, but that’s about it. You’re not going to have much data about who governs those areas at all, because they’re not really governed by anyone.
I’m not trying to diminish Morocco’s unwarranted pseudo-annexation of a sovereign nation, I’m saying there’s more than one element at play here.