Is the finite field $Z_p$ an ordered one? Or can a finite field be ordered?

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Since residue classes modulo $p$ are not numbers but sets of numbers with several operations defined on them, i don't think we can compare them at all. Yet i'm not sure.

For sake of an example lets take $p = 2$. We can claim that,

$$[0]_2 < [1]_2.$$

But wouldn't that mean any odd number is greater than any even number? Which is obviously false...

After all, if we generalize this question, does an ordered finite field exist?