Here's a compendium compiled from someone on the discord - will spoiler both for size and spoilering (and and awkward format):
Continent/Region Bonus Items Bonus Tech Added Infamy
Arctic 6x Tribal Outfit Human Polar Outfit 450
Antarctica 6x Tribal Outfit Human Polar Outfit 700
Siberia 8x Luxury Fur Ushanka 200
North Atlantic 6x Tribal Outfit Sea Transport 450
Europe 3x Rare Earth Elements Rare Earth Elements -50
North America 5x Vodka Uber Wheat 200
South America 10x each: Red Pepper, Devil's Pepper, Eggplant, Orange, Coconut What Do? 450
North Africa 6x Beer 1 of Golden Ankh, Amphore, Golden Cup, Golden Cross, Crown, Ol' Coins, Diamond -50
South Africa 3x Blowpipe, 24x Blowpipe Poison Darts !Monster Hunt! 200
Central Asia 777x Capitulatory Tax Necropirate 200
Southeast Asia 10x each: Mutant Fish, Mutant Egg, Pumpkin Mutant Egg 200
Australasia 20x Eplosive Cannonball !Undersea Treasures! 450
Pacific 1x Hero The Deep Ones 700
In addition to the below, the country's tech is also researched - which can lead to some considerably early Contacts options for certain sellers. This means e.g. pretty early Big Ben SMGs for Rogue Fields or Faust electrocarfighter hybrids from Blackmarch.
Country Bonuses
The Confederation Govt Pistol x1, Big Iron x3, Glamour x10, Big Pistol Rounds x50, -150 Infamy
Eurasian Autonomy Baby Nuke x1, Uranium Weapons Documentation x1, Govt Fine x1
Iron Tribe Junk Pile x8, Necroplane Parts x30, Chemicals x50, Scrap Metal x50
Eurosyndicate Super Maid x6, Maid Outfit x6, Raygun Battery x9, Energy Weapon Parts x3
Blackmarch Gnome x1
Romanica Crusader SS Armor x6, Peasant Nun Outfit x6, Olde Sworde x6, Quarterstaff x6, Golden Cup x1, Golden Cross x1
Nordfederation Young Uber x5
Central Province Sectoweed x75
Fuso Fuso Sword x3, Sudoku Blade x3, Fan x6, Fuso Knives x30, Glamour x20
Death Realms Chitin Plates x20, Animal Poison x10, Spider Silk x10, Demon Skull x20, -75000$
Hidden Expanse Flak Tower Kit x3
Ghostgates Slave x24, Slave Maid x24, Slave Gladiatrix x4, Slave Lasher x4
Rogue Fields Govt Fine x5
Theban Hive Assault Clone License x12, -600 Infamy
Kingdom of Canada Cultural Wealth x50, Personal Database x15, Glamour x10, Govt Personal Code x3, Exquisite Lingerie x1
Cali Republic Mutant Porn x50, Glamour x50, Crack x50, Hideout Cleaning Bill x50
Dark Dominion Arcane Book x3, Esoterica x2
Latin Empire Old Earth Books x1, -50 Infamy
The Technocracy Optronic Parts x20
Pirate Straits Hoe x3
Turan Turanian Gal x3
Steel Pact Metal Ore x10, Prepper Box x1
Red Revolution Worker x10
None Lokk'Naar Scriptures x2, Grrrl Guide x3, +50 Infamy, 1 free tech of: Ainmal Poison, Spider Silk, Monster Teeth, Monster Eye, Luxury Fur, Chitin Plates
As you can see, some interesting potential starts but also some definite stinkers / challenge modes.
Initial Infamy boost/malus is pretty significant given the amount of potential money it works out to being. Having a few extra hundred thousand in month two should be pretty useful.
Romanica's better than it looks, as the nun outfit provides a considerable boost to VPower and an anti-E511 ability while still leaving both hands free. Early suits of Crusader armor would certainly be nice for a Male Touch run, and 6 Olde Swordes are quite powerful for early game.
Rogue Fields is more than just a fine - the aforementioned Big Ben is usually a bit stale by the time you get the contact, but getting an early contact for it would make it a really powerful option. And a fair bit more besides in purchase options. Opening up Monster Hunt missions from the start is also spiffy.
Similarly, Blackmarch gnome is in addition to the contact with the Faust, a really solid early ship with 6 crew, 2 light slots, and decent speed. Getting the required parts to trade for one would probably require rushing airgame a tad, though.
Turan's Turanian Gals are Hyena Riders with good stats, but require a bit of research to recruit.
Death Realms providing basic undersea adventures sounds pretty handy - you'll likely get some harpoon guns from the Academy quickly enough, and skinnydipping is perfectly sufficient for the basic underwater missions. The pile of chitin should be good for a few suits of scale male when you get the tech, too.
Free Hero from the Pacific seems neat, except that the location means you'll likely have trouble getting to early missions in the airbus and are much more likely to get spotted for base invasions due to how their search patterns are coded.
Lastly, according to the discord chatter there is now a more brutal version of cold weather to look out for, so the new outfit (and a few of the new starts) make a bit more sense for survivability early on.