from Wikipedia: (I wrote it here so you don't have to go to the wikipedia article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dumpling_Island)
North Dumpling Island is a two acre (8,000 mē)
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 allegedly declared that he was seceding from the United States, and he signed a non-aggression pact with his friend then-President George H. W. Bush. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield (of Ben & Jerry's icecream) serve as "joint chiefs of ice cream."
Though the secession is not legally recognized, Kamen refers to the
island as the "Kingdom of
North Dumpling." As well as a lighthouse, the "Kingdom" has its own constitution, flag and national anthem, as well as a navy (consisting of a single amphibious vehicle).
North Dumpling also has its own currency, and the value of one of the bills is equivalent to the value of pi. It is said that Kamen refers to himself humorously as "Lord Dumpling" or "Lord
Dumpling II."