Its people are divided and more importantly it is land locked on either side).

But it locks on either side.

He then knelt before her and placed the sword in the trench, its ends clanging softly as they were locked into place between the two on either side.

In agony, he reared back, but my legs were locked on either side of him, I was gripping him with my knees, and the only way he could get rid of me was to do what he did next--fall backward on top of me.