You embrace the nationalist groups in your messaging throughout your campaign, specifically championing the values and tenets of “western” civilization. You focus on the monarchical Xanadu as representative of foreign ideologies that represent a danger After winning election in a landslide win, several similar movements win election in your allies as well. Xanadu has followed a similar tack, emphasize pan-african unity as it continues to push for regional cooperation.
Though relations between Xanadu and the United States are never outright hostile during your tenure, as both nations attempt to expand or preserve their influence they inevitably begin to compete over resources and alliances over time. With no economic ties between the two states and little prospect of further integration as competition intensifies, relations between the two superpowers appear inevitably headed towards conflict. This conflict seems primed to be characterized along cultural lines, and the world may be headed towards a clash of civilizations.