What's a good starting nation for newbies?

[Agrajag]

Twan said:
Only LA Ermor is really different to play. EA Ermor is a very ordinary nation, MA something in between.

But EA isn't too friendly on new player, what with your best mages being 60(46).
And I agree with Gandalf on LA Ermor, while it may be a lot easier to win against the AI, it definitely doesn't make you a better player. I played alot with Ashen Empire Ermor when I started with Dom2 (only because of the flavour, didn't know it was uber against the AI) and it took me very long to get better with playing "normal" nations.
Heck, I still suck
EDIT: stupid typo made my post make no sense.