I found AE Ermor a very good point to start from, it the first race I played, and I had a lot of fun with it.
I still often play AE and SG against the AI, though recently I have decided to try other races, because the AI just isn't good at handling Ermor (especially SG, against AE he is a bit better in my experience).
So now instead of "pwning" the AI with SG I get my *** whooped with some other nation
