text: """Used to get information about VPCx regions"""
  import logging
  import json
  import boto3
  
  # Initialize Logger
  LOGGER = logging.getLogger()
  LOGGER.setLevel(logging.INFO)
  
  # Define constant param path
  PARAM_PATH = '/vpcx/aws/regions/'
  
  
  # Define constant param path
  PARAM_PATH = '/vpcx/aws/regions/'
  
  
  def get_ssm_region_params(ssm_client=boto3.client('ssm')):
      """
      Retrieve all regional params from param store.
  
      Returns a dict of params by region.  Example:
      {
        "us-east-1": "... param value ...",
        "us-east-1": "... param value ..."
      }
  
      Args:
          ssm_client: SSM client for param store
  
      Returns: dict of param
      """
      parameters = []
      paginator = ssm_client.get_paginator('get_parameters_by_path')
      pages = paginator.paginate(
          Path=PARAM_PATH,
          Recursive=False,
          WithDecryption=True
      )
      for page in pages:
          parameters.extend(page["Parameters"])
  
      LOGGER.info("Retrieved parameters %s", parameters)
      # Format response
      active_regions = {}
      for parameter in parameters:
          region_name = parameter['Name'].replace(PARAM_PATH, "")
          active_regions[region_name] = json.loads(parameter['Value'])
      LOGGER.info("Returning formatted response %s", active_regions)
      # Return response
      return active_regions
  