Bump Island

Bump Island is a non-state sovereign entity located 10 miles off the coast of New Jersey. Estimated to have a population of 4000 as of August 2019, Bump Island is almost universally considered a sovereign nation by its inhabitants. Bump Island was uninhabited until 1973 when popular Christian televangelist Freddy McIntire began to develop it with the intention of creating the world’s largest operating bumper car complex with heavily Christian themes. Although the project was well-funded by McIntires’s own mega-church and other Christian groups, McIntire’s unexpected death 3 years into development caused the construction to halt. The close-knit community of workers remained on the island and eventually penned the official Bump Island Declaration of Independence in 1980.

Explore

 * Food Court Civic Center
 * BITV
 * Tickets
 * Huuab Onnetus
 * Bump Island Militia