Race have different stats.  Problem is, you can't tell theat until you start a game and train a unit.  Nothing in the faction selection or create a faction will tell you what the stats are.  Most races have stats that fall between 7 and 11.  Altarians have 8 STR 9 DEX 9INT 8 CON, Trogs have 11 STR 7 DEX 7 INT 9 CON.  

Someone made a topic listing all the races different stats, I will look and bump it for you.

SO HELPFUL you are!

I'd make the list, but we're still in beta and it might change. Besides, the fact that players are considering making lists to understand the hidden stuff should send a pretty clear message to the devs that the UI is lacking in this area.

https://forums.elementalgame.com/416492

There is the post I made about the faciton's base stats.