I'm okay with the turn system. 

Buff wise... I'm going to have to admit, each of the factions in my race would have different buffs of their own. 

Something that does seem racial however is that anyone in a leadership position is going to be [i]very[/i] good at their jobs. Those that aren't tend to die either because of enemy action during one of the ritual raids (Fake combat doesn't give the same training as actual combat after all) or because one of their subordinates has killed them and taken their place.