This may be of some use to you.

Can you elaborate on what you're asking me to elaborate on, because I honestly don't know beyond what I've already told you.

United States of America? Canada? North Korea? China? Australia? Saudi Arabia? South Africa? Brazil?

Yes. Any of these could potentially be "the country they're requesting it from".

The point is the app was designed for secure communication, specifically from corrupt governments

If you think that's true, you are sorely mistaken. It may be how it is advertised, but it is not how it was designed. If it were designed that way, as many many different chat apps are, they would have no information to give up to a subpoena. AKA the "zero knowledge" encryption that was mentioned previously.

it is problematic to allow access to user data as long as the individual is breaking a law in that country.

I agree. For the third time, this is not my opinion, this is just how the world works.

Or to use my answer from the top:

The...law?