Hello dear zombie-lovers !
This new post will introduces the population and refugees management.
As the number of infected peoples is exponentially rising, and the zombies hordes are getting bigger, the only solution for a government and for a country is to keep its population alive, and the largest possible. In this context where the war for the survival of the species becomes total, the strength is found in numbers!
Indeed, from your population depends your resources production, and your manpower for recruiting troops.
However, you have to keep in mind that the largest your population is, more it will consum energy (which represents the daily consumption for their survival). So you will need resources to maintain it. The smart-player will seek to make his population grows, by ensuring the available resources stocks high level.
How do you keep your population alive ? First at all, by making sure that they won't join the zombies crowds of course !
In your infected cities, the population will progressively turn into zombies. And the more overcrowed the city is, the quicker the infestation will rise. The situation will quickly became unbearable at those places. There will be no other choices than building refugees camps to bring your population to, so they will be easier to watch!
Preparing an evacuation
The player will have to organize the cities evacuations to avoid that the situation gets out of control. However, take care. Evacuations are never a harmless operation. It will generate some panics and chaos among the population.
The evacuated peoples must be quickly brought to refugees camps. The more time they will stay outside, the more people will die from diseases, hunger, and even joining local bandits and zombies forces.
The refugees are led to a camp
Another kind of refugees are the neutral. They come from other countries where the governement has collapsed. When it happens, all the population contained in cities and camps are throwed on the roads. They will wander around, try to find refuges on neighbours countries, and even try to reach some isolated islands (Iceland, Madagascar, Cuba, ...). Those refugees can be welcomed if they cross your national territory, or if you bring an army near them.
The mexican government has collapsed. Refugees are coming from there
If you decide to not welcome them (if you lack the required resources for instance), don't forget that the natural attrition from those wandring groups will reinforce zombies and bandits in your countries. You will have to decide if you just wait for them to leave, or if you take more brutal and ruthless measures... A zombie apocalypse mays take your humanity...