World

There are 2 types of world in populous:
World: the various levels the game is played on, wheter it be offline or online, more colloquially called 'the globe'
World: Earth, with various timezones and regions, contributing there players to the community.

the world is roughly devided in the following regions:

Asia (includes Hong Kong, Japan, Guam and India)

Europe (includes The Netherlands, The United Kingdom, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, France, Portugal, Turkey, Poland and Moldova)

North America (includes Canada, USA )

South America (includes Brazil )

Australia Self titled.