yeah apparently Imperials invaded Ireland centuries ago and have now been banned entry to Ireland for the next thousand generations.
Everyone knows the phenomenon of trying to hold your breath underwater - how at first it's alright and you can handle it, and then as it gets closer and closer to the time when you must breathe, how urgent the need becomes, the lust and the hunger to breathe. And then the panic sets in when you begin to think that you won't be able to breathe - and finally, when you take in air and the anxiety subsides...that's what it's like to be a vampire and need blood.
Francis Ford Coppola - BS Dracula: The Film and the Legend
Along with several other countries. And honestly, given how ZOS have looked for every excuse under the sun on this one, the Chinese whispers effect that people have created regarding this and us lately can only hurt the chance at a potential resolution.