By law, Britons are legally obliged to spend two hours per day practicing with the longbow, or else be fined, pilloried or worse (don't argue, I'm English).
Yet, for some reason, the Devs (in a twist of irony) gave Gallia the vastly overpowered long range weaponry and the Bretonians the tanky ships.
Switch shiplines, maybe?
THE SYNDIC LEAGUES
(A co-operative of Rheinland's Shipping Unions, retired from a life of piracy.)