Joining Gallia is a bad idea for newcomers. You'll find nobody flying around in Gallia itself, and the moment you leave Gallia, you will find yourself ganked by Bretonia, Crayter and Liberty, especially the latter.
I suggest you to create your fleet in either Kusari or Rheinland and move to Sigma-21, where the war is happening right now. The kusarian side can use some people and they are very good at teaching your the combat etiquette. As displayed so far, Rheinland struggles to keep their indies within said etiquette.
Alternatively, you can of course create your fleet in Bretonia, as capital ship players get trained there by the marvellous @Thunderer, or you can just do it in Liberty, the wild west of Discovery, where people don't give much value on the unwritten rules of PvP.
