Answer:
France-Caribbean
Explanation:
The XYZ affair took place in 1797 and 1798, At that time, the French military shot American merchant ships that passed through the Caribbean (During that time, France still held a territorial claims toward the Caribbean region).
At that time, France was in the middle of a conflict with Great Britain. American government told both of them that we did not want to take any side and remain neutral.
This sort of became the reason why French military shot the ships. They thought that the merchant ships were carrying supplies that US sent to Great Britain to help them.
