The Netherlands, also works in Japan. And no, it's not blocked in the us, consider picking a different VPN, like Proton. It's the one i use and download books flawlessly with
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I started with z-library but switched to libgen after it got taken down at some point. Then I switched to Anna’s archive after i realized it often had books that libgen didn’t and after libgen started to change what websites were not sketchy more often.
You don't need to send them money. Use the slow download links, they're not any different. Just wait for some time until the time is gone, then click download. They divided links on fast download and slow download to minimize the overload on the servers.