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.
Only part of the period would fit the notion of recession as a period of decline in GDP and even less of it would fit the strict definition of a recession as a period in which the GDP declined for two quarters or more.