Please explain default location

I’m probably misunderstanding some things and the documentation isn’t quite clear on how this all works.

I set a default location, say Winnipeg, Canada, so now I can add things that are in Winnipeg. But what if I really want is to expand the ability to add things from the entire province of Manitoba, or all of Canada. If the default place is Winnipeg, when I try to add a listing for a nearby city, for example, Brandon, I get an error message saying I need to add listing for Winnipeg.

I though GeoDirectory could handle larger scale setups and wasn’t limited to small, localized directories. Am I doing something wrong, or misunderstanding the whole Default Location thing?

Can you please provide more details about how this all works?