[tintor]

How is Australia part of Global North? :)

[decimalenough]

North is 0-127, South is 128-255. When you go south enough, the 8-bit counter overflows and that's how Australia becomes North.

Alternatively, "Global North" is just code for "white", with a few apartheid-style token "honorary whites" like Japan added.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorary_whites