Really, any nation will do you well in starting - it's all a matter of asking around.
That said, RN ships have a huge advantage in durability over everyone else, and have decently hard-hitting guns. You can't quite play the range game, but overall the RN is a lot more forgiving to newbies than, say, KM or IJN.
Between the RN and the US, it really comes down to personal choice. Either nation is fine for newbies, although the US has a better AA suite. US BBs are relatively middle-of-the-road until you reach the Iowa, as opposed to RN BBs, which vary from Impressive (QE) to Godlike (Nelson / PoW) to Godawful (Repulse).
~ Ferrard
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