(Blessed be the fruit)
The Republic Of Gilead rules with an iron fist and discourages independent thought. It's how we rose to power and how we hope to keep it. The order not only controls what our handmaids do with their bodies and where they live, but even how they think. A repeated phrase like "under god's eye" ingrains the idea that everything they do is owned and monitored by someone else.
Marthas are a class of women in the Republic of Gilead. They serve as domestic servants to wealthy or high-ranking families.
The Republic of Gilead often sends those convicted of various crimes, known as Unpeople, to the Colonies, to help clear them up as punishment. The prisoners there wear gray clothing.
They serve as the personal soldiers, bodyguards and servants of Commanders. They are lower ranking than Angels, though they still have some privileges over ordinary men.