A landlocked country is an independent sovereign state that does not have direct access to an ocean or to a sea. Currently, there are 44 landlocked countries in the world—from Afghanistan to Andorra, from Laos to Lesotho, from North Macedonia to South Sudan, and many more. Among them, only two countries are landlocked by other landlocked countries, popularly known as doubly landlocked countries . One is Uzbekistan , a country in Central Asia , locked in by its landlocked neighbors: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. However, if one entertains the debate of whether the Caspian Sea is technically a sea or a lake, Uzbekistan’s status becomes debatable. If the Caspian is considered a sea, then Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan , which border it, would no longer be landlocked—meaning Uzbekistan would no longer be doubly landlocked. Thus, if there is one country that is undoubtedly doubly landlocked , it is Liechtenstein —a country in Central Europe , surround...