Very interesting twist on the ubiquitous 'zombie apocalypse' trope that seems to have infected the current premise of roleplays. Most roleplays that use zombie apocalyptic settings usually have it set during modern times. It's typically extremely hard for a person to justify a zombie apocalypse happening in the modern era and causing the societal collaspe of humanity without resorting to contrived justifications. Here, it's justified because it takes place in the 1940's during the Great Depression of all eras which creates a realistic setting where a zombie outbreak could reasonably occur. This removes any need for suspension for disbelief as zombies are a outside context problem. 

However, I have a few questions. I assume that most of these questions will be explored in the RP. 

1. You said that these zombies will 'ignore any wounds that are not immediately fatal such as decapitation or destruction of the brain.' Is this a typo or is this actually an element of the RP?

2. Are these zombies able to disobey the laws of thermodynamics and continue to walk for weeks on end without a source of food or will they naturally perish after some time? 

3. I'm also assuming judging by the description of stags being affected by the virus, I'm assuming that there will be animal zombies in this RP as well? 

4. Is this outbreak local in Florida only or across the entire USA? (This is probably a spoiler question but I'll just ask out of curiosity.) 

I'm a history student but I'm a little rusty on the historical setting of the USA during the 1930s and 1940s. After the Prohibition Era is where my memory goes south. I'll try to brush up on it a bit before I consider joining this RP.

Anyway, very good concept you got going on here and the trait system is a nice touch. Hope this roleplay can last for a long time.