If you create a new noble, it often is difficult to find a realm that might offer what you are looking for. Unless you get a twin character, or a char on the same continent as you've been on before, there's no way to determin what realm you might like. This counts double for new players, of course.
For that a ranking system might help. As we have in WI, although completely different.
The rankings could include:
military affairs: total CS, regions gained in the last months/weeks, battles won/lost, monster/undead dispatched, top soldier types (training, armor, ...?)...
culture: average daily amount of letters, roleplays (perhaps character count?), religions, guilds, ...
Not only would this be handy to inform yourself on a realm before joining, it would also encourage competition, not only in wars but also in roleplays etc.
Because now it only shows the 'amount of knights needed', in a way.
Thoughts?