A lot of those realm ads are severely outdated, for one thing, giving players the wrong impression about some realms that might be down to a single duchy but still proclaim they are the shining beacon of awesomeness that they were 4 years ago.
Another thing is that the current way for newly created characters to choose a duchy isn't really very informative. Also it puts them in a random region in the duchy, which, while it might show them around, doesn't lead to too many options. I'd rather they all just start in the capital, like emigrating characters. New players with their first characters certainly wouldn't understand the nuances of ditching their starter units for a better quality one to save money because days 3 and 7 give automatic family gold, nor would they likely understand the whole thing about different paraphernalia being available in different region types.
