Claim: Nepal is a state.
Evidence: Nepal -LRB- -LSB- Nepālhelp = no -RSB- -RCB- -RCB- -LSB- neˈpal -RSB- -RRB- , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal , is a landlocked central Himalayan country in South Asia.
A landlocked state or landlocked country is a sovereign state entirely enclosed by land , or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas.