I like the most exotic places, so I voted for Qatar and South Korea.
You are voting for Qatar? Wow. Zidane's video about accepting the Muslim world must have really worked.
By the way, you didn't follow the instructions. You voted for two candidates trying to host the same tournament (2022). You should have voted for one of them and one of the top four for 2018.Nah I just like the idea of the most faraway place having it. Lief had a good point, though then again so did Boris, of course I'm sure they'd lift the ban for tourists at least in exchange for this.
As for the second part I didn't read the whole thing as I was really tired. I guess I'll vote for Belgium and the Netherlands in hope of the Netherlands simply to drive you up the wall (on the other hand I'm sure there is nothing you'd love more than Italy beating the Netherlands on their home turf)
The US and Australia really aren't viable countries due to sheer size. Russia is kind of borderline, the part where people live is much smaller than the whole thing. But even that part is perhaps a bit too large.