There is no doubt that Antal and Archon got dealt the bad part of the galaxy, which means even with an equal supporter base to the other powers they will always be smaller.
I don't have a problem with that, the 10 Powers are not balanced, but the level to which they are unbalanced is whats unfair.
FD can want ALD to be the number 1 Power all they want, but if they don't make any of the other powers competitive or rewarding in some way you will just continue to get everyone on one side.
What makes me laugh is that some of Antals perks only work if Antal is 1,2 or 3 on the leaderboard- i.e. they will never happen.