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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 async def _raw_state_data(self) -> list: """Return a list of states."""

        data = await self._request('get', 'states')
        return [
            location for location in data
            if location['name'] != 'United States'
        ]