Nepal is a country.
The Himalayan states are a group of countries straddling the Himalayan mountain range in Asia . 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 .