Because Nginx requires the geoip_ directives to go into the main http{ } block of the nginx.conf file, does that mean the geoip data is being pulled for every single request?

In other words, does EngineX look up the geoip data for ALL of the requests coming in, even for those not needing the data?

Also, nginx's documentation page lists "geoip_country" as a valid variable but if I use it, EngineX throws the following error:

[emerg]: unknown "geoip_country" variable