What excatly are the "worlds" in provability logic?

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What is the interpretation of the set $W$ in a Kripke model $\mathcal{K}=\langle W,R,\phi\rangle$ of provability logic, where the $\Box$-operator stands for provability in a given arithmetic theory. What are the elements of this set?

Further what is the interpretation of the relation $R$ on the set $W$?

Neither Boolos or Smorynksi seems to give an answer to this question in their texts on the subject.