I rather like the idea of the democracy ^^ A good way to limit the pressure build up on one person and could lead to a nice change in pace throughout. Think the off screen development would be a good idea as well, give a settled kind of approach to things. 

The only thing I'd say about the democracy is would that be between us veterans or would that be extended to everyone who joined? 

As for how the group got moved on, perhaps overrun by a zombie herd? If we do reboot this and nobody minds, I'd like to have Ash removed from play, perhaps by a zom-zom bite or something sacrificial like that xD 

I agree with finding an idea to set it apart whilst keeping character development as a big part of it <.< The government one is interesting xD Though kind of limits things as to where the story can go if its just a sectioned off piece of land. It's quite a hard one finding something unique to run with >.< Different mutations in the zombies? Secret Organisations? Underground safe zone made by the government for select peoples? Intelligent zombies? Brainstorming a few might be a good idea ^^'