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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:
 def copy(self):
 """ Returns a deepcopy of the state :rtype: satosa.state.State :return: A copy of the state """

        state_copy = State()
        state_copy._state_dict = copy.deepcopy(self._state_dict)
        return state_copy