Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
ISO 3166-1 numeric
Table title:
Withdrawn codes
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Code </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Country name </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Notes </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 128 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Canton and Enderbury Islands </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 200 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Czechoslovakia </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 216 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Dronning Maud Land </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 230 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Ethiopia </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > before Eritrea split away in 1993 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 249 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > France, Metropolitan </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 278 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > German Democratic Republic </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > i.e., East Germany </td></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 280 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Germany, Federal Republic of </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > i.e., West Germany </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 396 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Johnston Island </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 488 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Midway Islands </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 530 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Netherlands Antilles </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > after Aruba split away in 1986 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 532 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Netherlands Antilles </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > before Aruba split away in 1986 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 536 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Neutral Zone </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 582 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Pacific Islands (Trust Territory) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 590 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Panama </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > before adding Panama Canal Zone in 1979 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 658 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 720 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Yemen, Democratic </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > i.e., South Yemen </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 736 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Sudan </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > before South Sudan split away in 2011 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 810 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > USSR </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 849 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 872 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Wake Island </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 886 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Yemen Arab Republic </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > i.e., North Yemen </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 890 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 891 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Serbia and Montenegro </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > original name: Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
What code did Germany use before?
Answer:
East Germany and West Germany used numeric codes 278 and 280.