Torch was an inhabited planet in the Congo System and the throne world of the Kingdom of Torch, a star nation of freed slaves.
Formerly known as Elysium, Verdant Vista, and Congo, it was under the control of Manpower Incorporated’s subsidiary Verdant Vista, until a joint force of the Audubon Ballroom and the Maya Sector Detachment's Solarian League Marines seized control and established the independent Kingdom of Torch. (CS1)
Geography[]
Sixty percent of the surface was covered with rain forest, and the remainder was swamps, marsh and bayous. The planet had at least one ocean, the Azure Ocean, the location of Lincoln Island, a penal settlement for captured People's Navy-in-Exile prisoners following their defeat in the Second Battle of Congo. (CS1,CS2,CS4)