[dark7element]

If it's only a relatively minor difference in pretender design, then it wouldn't really be fair to restart the game for the benefit of those players who got a bad starting position. It's likely that someone else, or possibly even more players, would end up with bad starting positions.

Remember that in MP Dominions, having a weak starting position is not necessarily a bad thing. Most players are happy to ally with a weaker nation and assist them if they get into a fight, whereas nations that have an exceptionally strong start are asking to get dog-piled (this almost always happens to Ermor in LA games, and often to Mictlan also).