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It appears that if you create a custom faction they have no tech trees. I thought maybe I just forgot to assign one but there is no option in the faction creator.
This thread might help you: https://forums.elementalgame.com/392272
It goes into more detail about editing the xml so it works. It isn't especially difficult, and you don't need any fancy applications.
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