in your game against Jaspar pulsey's picks are not good.
in that case you shouldn't pick SA + CA because your opponent can be in east us and counter two of your bonuses + the first turn bonus.
my picks would be:
1 west russia
2 scandinavia
3 central america
4 south america
5 east us
6 Indonesia

if you get your 6, that means you didn't get your 4 and 5. Indonesia would be my 6 because it will be safe (you know all of his starting positions).