Acountry governed by a central party is best characterized as

Communist, is the correct answer.

Explanation:

In social and political sciences, communism is an ideology consisted of political, philosophical, social and economic and movements with its main goal of establishing a communist society. A communist society is a socioeconomic system formulated upon the common possession of the methods of production.  A nation governed by a central party is adequately identified as Communist. China, North Korea and Cuba, are some of the examples of Communist countries.

first industrial revolution - the first wave of the industrial revolution lasted from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. it industrialized the manufacture of textiles and began the move of production from homes to factories. steam power and the cotton gin played an important role in this period.