North Dumpling Island

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Dean Kamen's home on North Dumpling Island.

North Dumpling Island is a two acre (8,000 m²) private island in Fisher's Island Sound off the coast of the U.S. state of Connecticut (although the island itself is actually in New York State). The island is owned by Segway Human Transporter inventor Dean Kamen.

Kamen was denied permission to build a wind turbine on the island, so he joked that he was seceding from the United States, and he signed a non-aggression pact with his friend then-President George H. W. Bush.

Though the secession is not legally recognized, Kamen refers to the island as the "Kingdom of North Dumpling." The island has a lighthouse and a replica of Stonehenge, and Kamen has invented a constitution, flag and national anthem, as well as a navy (consisting of a single amphibious vehicle) for his "kingdom". It is said that Kamen refers to himself as "Lord Dumpling" or "Lord Dumpling II."