My experience (with many exceptions):

Ask an English speaker where (s)he comes from

Englishmen give you the name of the town.
Non-English British tell you the large subpart of Britain they come from, like, for instance, 'Wales'.
Irishmen tell you the county.
US-Americans tell you the town, immediately followed by name of the state.
Australians, Canadians, and New Zealanders just say 'Australia' etc.

Ask a German speaker where they come from

Germans tell you the town, and if it is smaller than 10,000 inhabitants they say 'close to....' and give the nearest more than 10,000 inhabitants towns. If asked by an American they say 'close to Munich' if they live in Southern Germany, close to Heidelberg, if they live in the middle, and 'close to Berlin' if they live in the North'.
Bavarians tell you the name of the village and if it is smaller than 500 inhabitants, they tell you the name of the closest village with more than 500 inhabitants. If they are asked by an American they do not give the second hint.
Austrians tell you only they don't come from Bavaria.
Swiss consider it an insult if you ask where they come from. They consider that as a slight against their pronunciation of German.

Wolfgang