[Afropop] In pre-colonial Morocco, Blad as-Siba ["The Land of Anarchy"] referred to those parts of the country, especially in the mountains and deserts, where the Sultan's tax collectors did not reach. In the early 20th century, this cultural distinction became formalized in a savage colonial economy; French administrators conceived of these regions as Maroc inutile ("useless Morocco"), and consigned Blad as-Siba's primarily Amazigh ("Berber") inhabitants to rural poverty. This structural and economic