Ya know... Since I have no interest in taking part in another bzpgot style game right this instant, I may be interested in Co-hosting.. 

As regards stats, I would recommend you lighten your load further by restricting what an individual has to roll for from how it was in BZPGOT S2. Particularly, I would say that you should really only roll stats when a player is acting directly against another (such as in combat or when hiding actions from a particular person), against a specific NPC, or when taking very obviously controversial or difficult actions against the masses as a whole. And, perhaps, if ever someone has to perform some kind of feat, though I don't think that really happened much at all in S2, as I would define it? In any case (and I know rolling for literacy or ability to swim is a staple house rule in DnD, but bear with me), basic actions taken alone, policy changes, executive acts, etc. generally would be assumed to go as planned.

Another way you might lighten your load while also providing an experience that I think most or all of your players would enjoy more, would be to minimize the importance of any NPCs you do involve in the game. We just came off of S2, which was very heavy in NPC story involvement, and I think that, regardless of whether we find some players prefer this setup to an entirely player-driven game, this individual time around we should have something closer to Season 1 in terms of NPC importance.

That said, these are just my recommendations, and I'm sure the game will turn out excellently whatever you decide to do.

Also, you could still allow nations to elect their positions at the start of the game. Just have players send their stat PMs to BOTH hosts, then when roles are decided, each host deletes the PMs he doesn't need to be in.

When do you think we can expect a launch?

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Voxumo: Alright, but first let's see if anyone else is interested in co-hosting before you commit, at least just in case you change your mind. 

Burnmad, that seems like a decent idea to lighten load when it comes to rolls. Having to roll for basic actions wasn't really something I intended to do regardless, it was generally more for the bigger sweeper actions like poisoning entire groups of people.

Additionally, I do plan to try and minimise NPC involvement besides Tuma because Tuma, but if a Rock Tribe player wants to make a power grab... I wouldn't be against that. Tuma isn't immortal, after all. This is supposed to be a player driven game like you said, and too many NPCs just kind of complicates that. I will try to keep them to a minimum, and most that appear will probably be very minor ones. 

As for launch - when I feel comfortable launching it as well as when I have a confirmed co-host. 

I would also be intersted in co-hosting.

I agree with Burnmad per his suggestions for the rolls. In fact, following his advice might actually be enough to lighten the load to a point where you could try solo hosting.

As for NPCs - I think something in between Seasons 1 and 2 of BZPGOT would work. It might be nice to have at least one major NPC for each region, since it can give more individual players (such as Voxumo) someone to bounce ideas off of or work with in lieu of other players. They're also very useful for moving the plot along if the players stall.

The end of Season 1 was a bit of a bore because nobody wanted to risk anything at the very end - but if that situation had come up in Season 2, there were NPCs on both sides that would prevent such a stalemate from ocurring.

The end of Season 1 was a bit of a bore because nobody wanted to risk anything at the very end

Except Jed

The real MVP

And you make good points in regards to the NPCs being able to move things along. Though I would personally prefer they be used to prod players into any, ambiguous action more frequently than they advocate for a specific direction for the plot to advance.