Here in New Zealand it is a centralised state: often you read or watch media content and everyone gets the same content whether you are in Wellington, Auckland, or Westport. It can sometimes get ridiculous as in all the media is talking about a local news such as road closures in Auckland even in the South Island
When it comes to government services, parks, libraries, local roads and water matters (water for the time being) are run by the local councils. But everything else is the central government’s matters. It matters less these days if you want to reach the central government: you access them online directly, but in the old days the individual central government agencies like Ministry of Social Development, Education, Inland Revenue Department, have local offices around and you go and make an appointment to see them directly. We don’t have a local representative of the local government that you go see and sort things out.
Is it similar in your country?