World is primarily referring to planet Earth, especially when capitalized the World. In English, world is rooted in a compound of the obsolete words were, man, and eld, age; thus, its oldest meaning is "age or life of man". Source: Wikipedia
Age of Consent and Laws affecting Gays vary widely around the world from total acceptance to absolute intolerance. You'll find further information in each area.
We've divided the World into eight regions the corresponds roughly with the continents or subcontinents. The map is a smashed and mangled version of the world map found at Wikipedia so that it can fit confortably for lower resoluction screens.