diff --git a/src/typescript/frontend/src/configs/local-storage-keys.ts b/src/typescript/frontend/src/configs/local-storage-keys.ts
index c34084076..f3459cca3 100644
--- a/src/typescript/frontend/src/configs/local-storage-keys.ts
+++ b/src/typescript/frontend/src/configs/local-storage-keys.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { parseJSON, stringifyJSON } from "utils";
 import packages from "../../package.json";
 import { MS_IN_ONE_DAY } from "components/charts/const";
+import { satisfies, type SemVer, parse } from "semver";
 
 const LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS = {
   theme: `${packages.name}_theme`,
@@ -9,7 +10,18 @@ const LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS = {
   settings: `${packages.name}_settings`,
 };
 
-export const LOCAL_STORAGE_CACHE_TIME = {
+const LOCAL_STORAGE_VERSIONS: {
+  [Property in keyof typeof LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS]: SemVer;
+} = {
+  theme: parse("1.0.0")!,
+  language: parse("1.0.0")!,
+  geoblocking: parse("2.0.0")!,
+  settings: parse("1.0.0")!,
+};
+
+export const LOCAL_STORAGE_CACHE_TIME: {
+  [Property in keyof typeof LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS]: number;
+} = {
   theme: Infinity,
   language: Infinity,
   geoblocking: MS_IN_ONE_DAY,
@@ -19,13 +31,9 @@ export const LOCAL_STORAGE_CACHE_TIME = {
 export type LocalStorageCache<T> = {
   expiry: number;
   data: T | null;
+  version: string | undefined;
 };
 
-/**
- * Note that this data is not validated and any change in data type returned from this function
- * should be validated to ensure that persisted cache data between multiple builds can cause errors
- * with unexpected data types.
- */
 export function readLocalStorageCache<T>(key: keyof typeof LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS): T | null {
   const str = localStorage.getItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS[key]);
   if (str === null) {
@@ -33,6 +41,16 @@ export function readLocalStorageCache<T>(key: keyof typeof LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS):
   }
   try {
     const cache = parseJSON<LocalStorageCache<T>>(str);
+    const range = `~${LOCAL_STORAGE_VERSIONS[key].major}`;
+    // Check for no breaking changes.
+    if (!satisfies(cache.version ?? "1.0.0", range)) {
+      console.warn(
+        `${key} cache version not satisfied (needs to satisfy ${range}, but ${cache.version} is present). Purging...`
+      );
+      localStorage.delete(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS[key]);
+      return null;
+    }
+    // Check for staleness.
     if (new Date(cache.expiry) > new Date()) {
       return cache.data;
     }
@@ -46,6 +64,7 @@ export function writeLocalStorageCache<T>(key: keyof typeof LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS,
   const cache: LocalStorageCache<T> = {
     expiry: new Date().getTime() + LOCAL_STORAGE_CACHE_TIME[key],
     data,
+    version: LOCAL_STORAGE_VERSIONS[key].version,
   };
   localStorage.setItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_KEYS[key], stringifyJSON<LocalStorageCache<T>>(cache));
 }
diff --git a/src/typescript/frontend/src/utils/geolocation.ts b/src/typescript/frontend/src/utils/geolocation.ts
index 35b814630..3b96e5f0e 100644
--- a/src/typescript/frontend/src/utils/geolocation.ts
+++ b/src/typescript/frontend/src/utils/geolocation.ts
@@ -4,17 +4,31 @@ import { GEOBLOCKED, GEOBLOCKING_ENABLED } from "lib/server-env";
 import { headers } from "next/headers";
 
 export type Location = {
-  countryCode: string;
-  regionCode: string;
+  countryCode: string | null;
+  regionCode: string | null;
 };
 
 const isDisallowedLocation = ({ countryCode, regionCode }: Location) => {
-  if (GEOBLOCKED.countries.includes(countryCode)) {
+  if (countryCode && GEOBLOCKED.countries.includes(countryCode)) {
     return true;
   }
-  const isoCode = `${countryCode}-${regionCode}`;
-  if (GEOBLOCKED.regions.includes(isoCode)) {
-    return true;
+  if (regionCode) {
+    const isoCode = `${countryCode}-${regionCode}`;
+    if (GEOBLOCKED.regions.includes(isoCode)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  if (countryCode && !regionCode) {
+    if (GEOBLOCKED.regions.map((r) => r.split("-")[0]).includes(countryCode)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  if (!countryCode && regionCode) {
+    // Note that even if the `regionCode` is `XX`, and `XX` is a banned country, this will return
+    // `true` and thus block the user, because "XX".split("-")[0] is just "XX".
+    if (GEOBLOCKED.countries.includes(regionCode.split("-")[0])) {
+      return true;
+    }
   }
   return false;
 };
@@ -23,7 +37,7 @@ export const isUserGeoblocked = async () => {
   if (!GEOBLOCKING_ENABLED) return false;
   const country = headers().get("x-vercel-ip-country");
   const region = headers().get("x-vercel-ip-country-region");
-  if (typeof country !== "string" || typeof region !== "string") {
+  if (typeof country !== "string" && typeof region !== "string") {
     return true;
   }
   return isDisallowedLocation({