Can't use steam version

Hello,
I bought the game earlier today on Steam. I played for an hour and a half, then logged off. Then when I tried to restart the game everything loaded up fine, but I was stuck on the main menu. It listed "default" as my kingdom, but the play button was grayed out. When I clicked "edit" it got stuck on the loading screen for 10 minutes. I logged out of the steam version and onto my online account, and while the game worked, my save was gone. Which is no biggie, so I made a new kingdom, then pulled up Steam. The problem persisted, with the play button grayed out and it kept me stuck on the loading screen if I tried to edit it. I uninstalled the copy on my computer, reinstalled it, and the problem is persisting. I can still play the online version, so my account is fine, and my internet is connected. Can you help me?
I bought the game earlier today on Steam. I played for an hour and a half, then logged off. Then when I tried to restart the game everything loaded up fine, but I was stuck on the main menu. It listed "default" as my kingdom, but the play button was grayed out. When I clicked "edit" it got stuck on the loading screen for 10 minutes. I logged out of the steam version and onto my online account, and while the game worked, my save was gone. Which is no biggie, so I made a new kingdom, then pulled up Steam. The problem persisted, with the play button grayed out and it kept me stuck on the loading screen if I tried to edit it. I uninstalled the copy on my computer, reinstalled it, and the problem is persisting. I can still play the online version, so my account is fine, and my internet is connected. Can you help me?