utilizes a free mission system that allows players to align their forces with either the french or english on a battle by battle basis giving unparalleled freedom that allows players to take on different assignments or simply experience a given battle from an opposing side
A recession is defined to be a period of two quarters of negative GDP growth. Thus: a recession is a national or world event, by definition.
It is a popular misconception that a recession is indicated simply by two consecutive quarters of declining GDP, which is true for most, but not all recession. NBER uses monthly data to date the start and ending months of recessions.