The campaign map?

Hi

Over the past month or so, i've heard loads of rumoures concerning the campaign map of ETW. Some people say it shall be a scrolling global map, some say it will just be Europe, the Americas and India, does anyone have any definate info on the map?:help: Frankly i cant see this game as realistic if it does not have a global map, but then again if it isnt possible then i'm sure the gameplay will make up for it.:beam:

Also as a small secondry question, do you think resources will play a more meaningfull role in ETW rather then just a way of generating money? Like how grain from RTW and MTW2 increased the population growth. What ideas for resources would you guys like to see? for example, I think a region abundent in wood should (As an effect) lower the costs of all buildings and ships built in that region.