First Order

The First Order (FO), known to the Novayans as the Erstes Ordnung (EO), is a fascist military dictatorship that emerged in the Unknown Regions. It descended from the remnants of the Galactic Empire that fell during the Galactic Civil War as well as sympathizers within the New Republic Senate. As the hermit state grew, it colonized large swathes of the Unknown Regions, annexing the territory that served a crucial role in their plan to eventually seize the galaxy at large. Supposedly the First Order was ruled by a Supreme Leader from their mobile headquarters instead of a traditional planetary capital. In reality, it was actually ruled from the planetary capital of Exegol, then a Sith stronghold.
In reality, the First Order isn't a fascist state but is actually one of two distinct but interconnected forms, a shroud for the Sith Empire and its ideology. Through its ideological pawns the First Order is seen as a political doctrine and social movement advocating a centralized government, the militarization of society and other such tenets embodied by the former Galactic Empire; Snoke and his representatives only communicate with sympathetic groups and First Order-aligned Imperial remnants through intermediaries, consisting of trusted operatives, dummy corporations and third-party messengers unaware of the substance of their messages. Its two goals - sowing dissent and division within the New Republic's political structure and the creation of a galaxy-wide "fifth column", a network of supporters who can undermine the New Republic and then mobilize openly during the outbreak of war. 
The other distinct, interconnected form is the Sith Empire which lies at its heart, known as the Sith Eternal.