Nepal is a state.
A landlocked state or landlocked country is a sovereign state entirely enclosed by land , or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas . Nepal . Nepal ( [ Nepālhelp = no ] } } [ neˈpal ] ) , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal , is a landlocked central Himalayan country in South Asia . Bordering China in the north and India in the south , east , and west , it is the largest sovereign Himalayan state . It has seven states .