When country codes (herunder, left hand-side) are highlighted with a dark background, the news is considered as 'negative', as it opposes gw's policies and political philosophy - see Policies and globdemons. By contrast, if the background is white, they either are neutral or in line with these policies. Gw only updates relevant, factual news that usually have an international echo. At the beginning of each month, the news is translated into a somehow subjective measure of Global Tension.

Below is a list of countries covered by gw with corresponding codes: