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.
A common rule of thumb for recessions is two quarters of negative GDP growth. On the other hand, a depression is a prolonged period of economic recession marked by a significant decline in income and employment. Depressions are caused by the same factors that lead to a recession. Notice I used the words 'significant decline' and didn't give an amount of time.