They say when I went under the table, walk and did not know such a word - EVE, the people of different races in this game are not the same. They had different abilities and each race had its own bonuses.
Now all is the politically correct.
You can choose absolutely any race and sex of the character based solely on the desire of the little finger on your left foot. You will appear in a certain system and in the training missions, you will be offered corresponding to your race ships, weapons, etc. But if you fly away to another system belonging to another race, and there you will get their training missions, regardless of your race.
In general, no one will prevent ethnic caldari study matar ships and pass matarr training mission.
So in reality, the choice is what kind of ships and weapons to study. In theory, they must be balanced. That is, Caldari BC roughly corresponds to the Amarr, Matar and Gallente ship of the same class. But the beauty is that in this game, as in life, this rule is complied not exactly.
For example, although the DPS BC all these races is about the same, but minmatar Tornado is unmatched by alpha strike. It's why it's so liked by kamikaze - they rarely do more than one shot. Or caldari strategic cruiser "Tengu" - very popular for plexing, agentrun, etc., including the solo. Counterparts from other races, for these purposes are not used, they have their own area of application.
