I'm running the game at my laptop's highest possible resolution (1366x768). This is what my empire select screen looks like:
The option for setting empires to appear is invisible. I can tell that right-clicking on it does change the setting, but it's impossible to see what it's set to.

The option for setting empires to appear is invisible. I can tell that right-clicking on it does change the setting, but it's impossible to see what it's set to.