Nepal officially the federal democratic republic of nepal is a landlocked country in south asia with a population of 26.4 million its is a nation with nepal as the offical language. kathmandu is the nation capital and largest city modern nepal is a secular parliamentary republic its economy depends on tourism handicrafts garments carpets tea coffee it services banking and hydropower . nepal is bordered by china to the north and india to the south east and west. its is separated from bangladesh by a narrow indian