Actually, I'm even OK with some nations just having weak PD. It's still big enough to stop scouts from taking over your lands. What it should really have is a tag right on the create nations set-up:
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Priests: Weak, Stealthy, Cheap
Province Defense: Weak
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If it actually told you up-front that your PD wasn't any good when you started up a Machaka faction, it would go a long way towards not screwing over newbies. The big problem I see here is not that Machaka gets weak province defense, but that it doesn't actually tell you that they get weak province defense anywhere.
That's a nasty surprise that new players do not need to have sprung on them. Also, it should give you the read-outs of your nation by actual theme and not by base theme. If you are playing Return of the Raptors, it shouldn't tell you that you specialize in Air and Water - because you don't.
-Frank