diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44d4f46..fdc9947 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ need a commercial license of this product depending on your use case!
    set to the visitors country.
 
 
+### Note on page visibility
+
+If the visibility of a root page is configured, it also affects all its subpages. This means
+if a root page is not available for a country, none of the pages in this tree will be available.
+
+Enabling this on the fallback root page can lead to unwanted consequences, because the user will
+not be redirected to **any** page if none of the preferred languages match the browser!
+
+
 ## Installation
 
 Choose the installation method that matches your workflow!
diff --git a/src/Routing/CountryRestrictionFilter.php b/src/Routing/CountryRestrictionFilter.php
index ed81bc7..8f40adf 100644
--- a/src/Routing/CountryRestrictionFilter.php
+++ b/src/Routing/CountryRestrictionFilter.php
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ public function __construct(private readonly CountryProvider $countryProvider)
 
     public function filter(RouteCollection $collection, Request $request): RouteCollection
     {
+        $country = $this->countryProvider->getCountryCode($request);
+
         foreach ($collection as $name => $route) {
             $pageModel = $route->getDefault('pageModel');
 
@@ -25,18 +27,31 @@ public function filter(RouteCollection $collection, Request $request): RouteColl
                 continue;
             }
 
-            if ('show' !== $pageModel->geoip_visibility && 'hide' !== $pageModel->geoip_visibility) {
-                continue;
+            if (!$this->isAvailable($pageModel, $country)) {
+                $collection->remove($name);
             }
 
-            $countries = explode(',', (string) $pageModel->geoip_countries);
-            $country = $this->countryProvider->getCountryCode($request);
+            // Disallow access to a page if its root page is not available for the current country
+            if ('root' !== $pageModel->type) {
+                $rootModel = PageModel::findById($pageModel->loadDetails()->rootId);
 
-            if (\in_array($country, $countries, true) !== ('show' === $pageModel->geoip_visibility)) {
-                $collection->remove($name);
+                if ($rootModel && !$this->isAvailable($rootModel, $country)) {
+                    $collection->remove($name);
+                }
             }
         }
 
         return $collection;
     }
+
+    private function isAvailable(PageModel $pageModel, string $country): bool
+    {
+        if ('show' !== $pageModel->geoip_visibility && 'hide' !== $pageModel->geoip_visibility) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        $countries = explode(',', (string) $pageModel->geoip_countries);
+
+        return \in_array($country, $countries, true) === ('show' === $pageModel->geoip_visibility);
+    }
 }