Himalayan federal republic; abolished its monarchy and declared a republic in 2008 (never colonized; unified as a kingdom in 1768).
Standard English-language history of Nepal from unification to the modern state.
Contemporary Nepali account of the political crisis and Maoist conflict that led to the 2008 republic.
Nepal's best-selling and most-awarded modern novel (Madan Puraskar), set during the Nepalese Civil War whose resolution led directly to the 2008 republic; published just before the polity's formal start date but concerns the era that produced it.