There aren't warnings or notices about having to reside, or pretending to reside in (via VPN), prior to purchasing the key. I bought a key hoping to fast track playing the game since I decided I wanted to play it in the middle of the night.. I was advised to VPN to an EU country to login in and trigger the key. I tried 5 countries with my own account, over the span of a few hours, closing and reopening browsers between NordVPN sessions, and on different machines. I suspect Steam has figured out how to block some of the VPN companies or now requires you to call in to change your country of origin. I tried to get my money back for a couple days. It seemed like that was going to be a long wait, so I finally ended up utilizing the key, but only by creating a completely new login, via Linux, using the key, just to get it in my inventory. Then I went back to my Windows game rig and was able to play just fine, without VPN. Still, I was hoping to plal quickly, but with no notice about having to VPN to another country and 2 days of limbo, with lackluster support, I won't be coming back.