中國百澤湖發生火燒船，20多名台灣人遇難，中國政府傲慢消極的處理態度，讓案件撲朔迷離，掀起台灣極大不滿。原本就緊張的兩岸關係，在黎清波總統震怒之下，立即中止兩岸交流。
BTV記者蘇婉甄，透過管道突破封鎖，獨家取得案發照片，得到王照陽大力讚賞。 此時雲林一場黑道糾紛，派系之間擦槍走火，一時間竟無記者敢前往查訪。
出身台南百年家族的陳慶堂，銜命出馬主持公道。陳家經歷不同政權，從清領、日治到國民政府，厚實的人脈讓陳家安然度過，成為一方之霸。
陳慶堂父親陳宗玄的大壽宴上冠蓋雲集，省長、院長、黨派要角都是座上賓，蘇婉甄也在壽宴上認識了陳慶堂。 面對國際情勢的動盪，黎清波選擇務實以對，卻過境夏威夷遭到無禮對待。黎清波立誓，一定要以總統名義，再次踏上美國的土地。
Island Nation 2 is a 10-episode Taiwanese political/historical drama which will be screened on Oct 1, 2021.
The show depicts the political and diplomatic challenges Taiwan faced between 1994 and 1996, in midst of its first direct presidential election and the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis. Taiwan, at that time, was experiencing increasing political and military pressure from China, along with internal conflict caused by power struggles among various political factions. Under these pressures, how did the President achieve diplomatic breakthrough to deliver a landmark speech in the United States? How did he start a new chapter in Taiwan's democracy by pushing for the first direct presidential election? How is the crisis resolved after a flareup with China caused by the President's U.S. visit?
