This investigation addresses proposals for the creation of new federative units in Brazil. It presents reflections on Brazilian federalism, emphasizing the historical centralization of resources in the Union, to the detriment of the interests of states and municipalities. It discusses the political, institutional, economic and logistical mechanisms that stimulate pro-division discourses in the federative unit of Maranhão. It highlights the presence of the state government in different regions of the State of Maranhão. It highlights the current administrative decentralization process of the Government of Maranhão, focusing on the effectiveness of the provision of public services offered by the state executive of Maranhão. It analyzes different opinions about the creation of new federative units in Brazil. To this end, testimonies were obtained from politicians from different regions of the country, academics with works related to this research s theme and residents of various regions of Maranhão. It adopts different methodological procedures: literature review, documentary research, comparison of secondary data and semi-structured interviews based on guidelines. It advocates that the current proposals for the creation of new federative units being discussed in the National Congress do not meet the conditions to become effective. To this end, 12 reasons are listed that support this thesis.