After several attempts at creating a faction I've encountered a minor glitch with respects to appearance customization. Colours selected simply do not register on clothing, which in turn makes it a marginal challenge to proceed without flipping through game menus. At the moment I either have to use the create new sovereign feature as a reference or draw from an inaccurate recollection. Not a huge issue, but something that is obviously not intended nevertheless.
Once a player created faction has been created and chosen to play through as in a game, I have also noticed the clothing on the male and female representations of your race is absent. They are not totally nude yet always appear as unequipped.