> a country can be invaded and occupied by their neighbor and the world does nothing about it. Western Sahara was never a sovereign, recognized state. Spain re

> a country can be invaded and occupied by their neighbor and the world does nothing about it. Western Sahara was never a sovereign, recognized state. Spain relinquished it's colonial claim over it and Morocco and Mauritania rushed to claim parts of the territory (Mauritania has since renounced too). The closest thing to a nationally representative organization was the Polisario Front, a military-political structure based on ethnic Sahrawi affiliation. It didn't help that the area is so sparsely populated and could barely sustain an independent state in the 70s, let alone a state capable of withstanding the territorial advances of such a powerful neighbor like Morocco.