Congo was a coastal country in central Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its neighbors included the countries of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. ("Day 7: 12:00am-1:00am") According to Ben Landry, director of the American Centers for Disease Control, the prion variant pathogen engineered by Starkwood was indigenous to East Congo. ("Day 7: 11:00pm-12:00am")