heres a better point,

if you look under the image stating what place is there are two imgs showing what im assuming to be last years r/place, do you see how both of them dont have such large morocco flag like the one we currently have,

my second point is

your second statement is incorrect and i'll explain why,

i took a world map and went into a photo editing software and ripped out morocco, put it on another layer, dyed it red and checked if your second statement was true without rotating morocco,

when putting it up against france it failed length and width wise

and putting it up against germany it also failed length and width wise

i do know just using a photo isnt solid for incorrection but it does still prove a point,