"feature" or mod request - location

If we can have a wish list, can an upcoming build include a text box to type in the location, rather than a list of countries?
We have members from all over, but we need them to display their location down to the state or province level, not just country.
Would also like the ability to make location mandatory.......... but would be tickled just to have it be a text field for them to type either state/province and country or city, state, country etc.

This is a big one for us!!

#2 - more minor thing - ability for a member to include a little blurb under the avatar, some saying, or a bit about their car or whatever, independent of signature, and it would show on the left with their user info.