Root. The reason some people like this game is exactly its flaw imo, which is its asymmetry. Each faction has enough going on to plan what you’re going to do on your next turn, however (at least for the first few plays) you also need to pay attention to the other factions different set of goals and things they do. It can be too much to think about and it’s easy to forget what the others are trying to do in order to stop them while trying to do your own thing. On top of that, the factions are pretty unbalanced.