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Where are the backend state S3 buckets for the ref arch?

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A customer asked: When using the reference architecture, is it one S3 bucket in each account for the backend state, or are the buckets all kept in the same account?

In the Reference Architecture, the state is stored in a bucket on a per account + region basis. So the resources deployed into the `dev` account, in the `us-west-1` region are in one S3 bucket. Resources deployed into the same `dev` account, but in the `us-east-1` region are in another S3 bucket. Resources deployed into the `stage` account, in the `us-west-1` region are in yet another S3 bucket.