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 recession begins just after the economy reaches a peak of activity and ends as the economy reaches its trough. Between trough and peak, the economy is in an expansion. Expansion is the normal state of the economy; most recessions are brief and they have been rare in recent decades. Depression.