The Great Depression started in Nippon after a major fall in maid rates that began around February 2019, and became worldwide news with the maid crash of Ch 9. (known as Maidless 9). Between Ch. 7 and Ch. 11, worldwide gross domestic maids (GDM) fell by an estimated 100%. Still, economies have yet to recover and the reemergence of maid is yet to be seen.
Just making sure I got this right - so since she's a charmling, her memories etc are fabricated; thus by going to a new restaurant with friends a new memory was generated (one that included her fabricated mother). So now she has a "memory" of going to the ramen restaurant with her mother.