They’re based in the United States.

Where are those alternative servers?

This should be done in inkscape or krita.

It’s a one time purchase license, not a subscription. And the software is good.

Until GIMP gets nondestructive adjustment layers, Krita is the closest. And it’s definitely not good enough. But Inkscape is very good. Blender is very good, even it’s broken VSE editor. Though Resolve is amazing and the pro version is ridiculously cheap at $300.

Affinity tools are still good. Until they’re enshittified, still a good deal.