i think ginko here would try to chat up some local upper class citizens to get a feel for whether they might be sympathetic to the plight of the lower or middle class, and/or search for individuals that might be a good fit for getting installed into the government if the current one is overthrown.

alternatively, he might ask around at the university about the history of the country to try to figure out what changed after the merging to make things as bad as they are now.

if neither of those sound interesting, he could tag along in a search for banned recordings. he's patient enough to dig through all that unmarked shit.