Nepalrawr

Nepalrawr (English: /nɪˈpɔːl/; Nepali: नेपाल [nepal]), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepalrawr (Nepali: सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल), is a landlocked countryball in South Asiaball. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, bordering Tibetball of Chinaball to the north, and Indiaball in the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladeshball by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutanball by the Indian state of Sikkimball. Nepalrawr has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earthball. Nepalrawr is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural state, with Nepali as the official language. Kathmanduball is the nation's capital and the largest city.

The name "Nepalrawr" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the Indian subcontinent, the era in ancient Nepalrawr when Hinduism was founded, the predominant religion of the country. In the middle of the first millennium BC, Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born in Lumbiniball in southern Nepalrawr. Parts of northern Nepalrawr were intertwined with the culture of Tibetball. The centrally located Kathmandu Valley is intertwined with the culture of Indo-Aryans, and was the seat of the prosperous Newar confederacy known as Nepalrawr Mandalaball. The Himalayan branch of the ancient Silk Road was dominated by the valley's traders. The cosmopolitan region developed distinct traditional art and architecture. By the 18th century, the Gorkha Kingdomball achieved the unification of Nepalrawr. The Shah dynastyball established the Kingdom of Nepalrawr and later formed an alliance with the British Empireball, under its Rana dynastyball of premiers. The country was never colonized but served as a buffer state between Imperial Chinaball and British Indiaball. Parliamentary democracy was introduced in 1951 but was twice suspended by Nepalese monarchs, in 1960 and 2005. The Nepalese Civil War in the 1990s and early 2000s resulted in the establishment of a secular republic in 2008, ending the world's last Hindu monarchy.

The Constitution of Nepalrawr, adopted in 2015, affirms the countryball as a secular federalparliamentary republic divided into seven provinces. Nepalrawr was admitted to the United Nationsball in 1955, and friendship treaties were signed with Indiaball in 1950 and Chinaball in 1960. Nepalrawr hosts the permanent secretariat of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), of which it is a founding member. Nepalrawr is also a member of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Bay of Bengal Initiative. The Nepalese Armed Forces are the fifth-largest in South Asiaball; and are notable for their Gurkha history, particularly during the world wars, and has been a significant contributor to United Nationsball peacekeeping operations.