I switched 'countries' in my apple i.d., and now i've lost all my contacts

This morning my ipad suddenly had no calendar events, and a mere 5 contacts (instead of hundreds) in my contact folder. I use icloud to sync between the ipad and iphone, and for now, the iphone seems ok. In Settings, none of the icloud buttons are green (with the exception of the Find my iPad button). Under Storage & Backup, it says "icloud backup is off" When i hit that button, on the next screen (with storage available) the "iCloud Backup" button is also not green. When i click on that, the Start iCloud Backup button comes on and says Your ipad will no longer backup to your computer automatically when you sync with itunes. How do i get to the last iCloud backup, from 2 days ago, that would contain the data that i seem to be missing?

Photos don't use your iCloud allocation, you don't need to start deleting any from your device. The most likely candidates that are using up your storage are back ups or email.
You can see what your iCloud storage is used for and delete any unwanted content at settings > iCloud > Backup & Storage > Manage...... on your iOS device. Or System Preferences > iCloud > Manage...... on a Mac.
You have 3 options......
Purchase more iCloud storage.
Delete data or back ups that are being stored in iCloud already.
Turn off items to be included in the next back up to reduce its size.

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