G:tM would in any case have a lot of kewl gnome splats with unique kewl powers - Menehune (happy-go-lucky tourism ad refugees with Hawai'ian shirts), Leprechauns (the wise Celtic pagans), Tomtenisse (the Scandinavian "all brawn, no brain" faux vikings), Gremlins (civilized hi-tech gnomes who prefer sabotaging planes over direct bloody axe murders), thinly veiled Smurfs, Melmacians and Teletubbies (the gnomish equivalent to Malkavians?), and numerous others that the company can get its hands on.
Also, Gnomes would just be tragical and misunderstood creatures who just have a different viewpoint, rather than being the forces of elemental evil that they are.